LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL 2025
NOVEMBER 14 - 28
OPENING NIGHT: THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB +SCREEN TALK
KAOUTHER BEN HANIA, 2025, 83'
FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER | 20:30
BARBICAN CINEMA 1, SILK STREET, EC2Y 8DS
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Oscar–nominated Kaouther Ben Hania’s recreation of this devastating emergency as a powerful narrative work uses real call recordings and scripted re-enactments based on first-hand testimonies and transcripts. Compelling and tense, The Voice of Hind Rajab is a single-location drama where dispatchers juggle protocol, panic and moral urgency, trying to comfort Hind Rajab while negotiating an impossible reality. We know the heartbreaking outcome, Hind was killed by Israel’s military, Ben Hania still builds unbearable suspense and a tragic sense of helplessness — honouring an innocent life and those who tried to save her.
Followed by a screen talk with Amer Hlehel and Motaz Malhees, chaired by Khaled Abdalla.
This film is based on real events, and contains distressing content including realistic depictions of warfare, violence against civilians, the death of a child and real emergency call audio recorded by the Palestine Red Crescent. The imagery and mature themes of this film may be difficult for some audience members.