Hollywood heavyweights, including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Marathey have joined the drama set in Gaza de Kaouther Ben Hania, The voice of Hind Rajabas executive producers, which increases the profile of the film before its world premiere in competition in the Venice Film Festival.
They also join the film as executive producers Dede Garner and Jeremy Kleinerof Plan B, the Pitt producer; Jonathan Glazerdirector of The Zone of Interest; and Alfonso Cuarónfilmmaker of Rome. Several renowned companies, such as the British Film4 and the Saudi state group MBC Studio, have also supported “The voice of Hind Rajab”.
The film will premiere in Venice on September 3 before heading to the Toronto International Film Festival for its premiere in North America.
What is “The voice of Hind Rajab”
The drama reconstructs the events surrounded by the murder of Hind Rajabsix years old, in January 2024. Rajab, who was traveling by car with his four cousins, his aunt and his uncle, was attacked by the Israeli army when trying to flee from the city of Gaza. Ben Hania’s film is based on voice recordings between Hind Rajab and the red crescent volunteers who tried to keep it online, doing everything possible to get an ambulance.
Israel said they had no troops in the area where Hind and his family were killed, but investigations with satellite images, made independently by The Washington Post and Sky News, concluded that There were Israeli tanks present at that time. The Forensic Architecture research group, based in London, published a detailed investigation in collaboration with Al Jazeera that located 335 bullet impacts outside the vehicle.
The voice of Hind Rajab is the continuation of Ben Hania after his Oscar -nominated film Four Daughtersanother drama that combines the documentary with fiction methods. Your previous movie, The Man Who Sold His Skinshe was also nominated for best international film.
The voice of Hind Rajab was produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha under his Mime Films and Tanit Films seal, along with Odessa Rae by Raefilm Studios (New York) and James Wilson of JW Films Production (London). Saja Klani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury and Amer Hlehel They star in the movie.
The murder of Hind Rajab and his family took place about three months after the start of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, led by Hamas, which caused the death of 1,200 people and taking the 251 hostages. At least 61,000 people living in the Gaza Strip have died in the subsequent Israeli military campaign, whose official objective was to annihilate Hamas and recover the hostages.
On Monday, the Israeli forces bombed the main hospital in southern Gaza and then attacked the same place shortly after, killing at least 20 people, including rescuers, health workers and at least five journalists, which caused international conviction.
The war in Gaza and its impact on the Venice Film Festival
The ongoing war and the growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip will be the center of attention of the Venice Film Festivalwhich begins today. Hundreds of local political and base organizations have announced their plans to join a protest march on the treatment that Israel gives to the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, which will be held on August 30 on the main avenue, Santa Maria Elisabetta, in the Lido.
Hundreds of Italian and international artists, including Ken Loachthe Italian actor Toni ServilloFrench directors Céline Sciamma and Audrey Diwan and the duo of Palestinian directors Arab Nasser and Tarzan NasserThey signed an open letter asking the Venice Film Festival to condemn what they describe as genocide and ethnic cleaning in Gaza.
Source: Ambito
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