The Voice of Hind Rajab

Kaouther Ben Hania – Tunesia, 2025 – 90 minutes – spoken language: Arabic, with English subtitles.

29 January 2024. Volunteers from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society receive an emergency call. A five-year-old girl, Hind Rajab, is trapped in a car in Gaza under Israeli fire and is begging for help. While the emergency responders try to keep her on the phone, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. But without permission from the Israeli army, no vehicle can be allowed in. They wait for hours for a response, but in the end, all help comes too late. Hind’s voice remains as a testimony.

The genocide unfolding in Gaza prompted director Kaouther Ben Hania to make her most urgent film yet. The scenes in the emergency services control room have been reconstructed and staged, based on eyewitness accounts and transcripts; the voices on the audio tapes are real. Kaouther Ben Hania: “This story is about our shared responsibility (…) and how the silence of the world is part of the violence”.

This feature film in the Movies that Matter on Tour series will be introduced and followed by a discussion. Subtitles and discussion in English.

With the On Tour program, Movies that Matter organizes screenings with in-depth programmes in The Netherlands and online. They do this in collaboration with a diverse array of organizations and companies. Among other things, they also organise the annual Movies that Matter festival in The Hague.