Ahead of her film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Kaouther Ben Hania shared the fears she had of not living up to the tall task of honoring the late six-year-old child on whom she based the Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab . “I was afraid that I’d fail her voice, that my movie would not honor Hind’s memory,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.

Judging by the thunderous ovation that roared through Sala Grande on Wednesday evening, the Tunisian filmmaker had nothing to fear about as she accomplished her goal and then some with the competition title. Ben Hania, who previously helmed Four Daughters , directed the 90-minute film based on the final calls of a Palestinian girl, who was trapped in a car in Gaza on Jan. 29, 2024, after Israeli forces killed her relatives. Pa

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