Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Venice Film Festival, Oscar-nominated Kaouther Ben Hania’s recreation of this devastating emergency is a powerful and compelling narrative work.
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-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. Her name was Hind Rajab.
Screening as part of Leeds Palestinian Film Festival. Preceded by an introduction by Juman Quneis, filmmaker and lecturer at Birzeit University in Ramallah.
Event information
Running Time: 1hr 29mins (not including introduction)
Certificate: 18
Content Guidance: Violence, bereavement/death, religious discrimination
