Screening of The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)

Duration: 90 min
Free entry!

DIELL MBI PALESTINË PROGRAM

In collaboration with DokuFest, Kino Armata presents The Voice of Hind Rajab as part of its November program, Diell mbi Palestinë!

The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) is a film by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, based on the true story of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl who was killed during the Israeli military offensive in Gaza on January 29, 2024. The film reconstructs the final hours of her life through the perspective of the staff and volunteers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, who receive an emergency call from Hind, trapped inside a car under fire after Israeli forces had killed her family members. Alone among the bodies of her relatives, Hind pleads for help, remaining on the phone with humanitarian workers as they desperately try to arrange an ambulance to reach and rescue her.

Combining cinematic reenactments with the original audio recordings of Hind's phone calls with the Red Crescent, Ben Hania shifts the focus from the direct depiction of violence to the agonising wait, fear, and desperate attempts to secure safe passage for a humanitarian rescue mission. The film follows the Red Crescent team as they coordinate efforts to save the girl, facing bureaucratic obstacles, delays, and the inability to guarantee the safety of emergency responders.

Beyond the account of an individual tragedy, The Voice of Hind Rajab situates Hind's story within the wider context of the war in Gaza, the killing of civilians, and the dangers faced by humanitarian workers attempting to provide assistance.

The killing of Hind and her family has prompted widespread calls for an independent investigation and criminal accountability. In August 2026, the Israeli military announced the opening of criminal investigations into the case, but no convictions of the soldiers responsible have been reported to date.