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Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama 'The Voice of Hind Rajab'

The release of Kaouther Ben Hania's Venice-winning and Oscar-nominated docu-drama 'The Voice of HInd Rajab' has been blocked by the country's ratings body. Beyond censorship, this decision reveals a shift in Israel-India relations under prime minister Narendra Modi.

Euronews

Oscar-nominated Voice of Hind Rajab stalled in India over ‘Israel ties’

The Indian theatrical release of The Voice of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated feature, has been held up by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), with its local distributor alleging political considerations behind the delay, according to a Variety report.

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Palestinian actor to miss Oscars over Trump travel ban

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Star of Oscar-nominated film says he’s unable to attend ceremony because of Trump’s travel ban

‘You can block a passport. You cannot block a voice,’ Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees said

The Independent UK

Giant portrait of Gaza girl Hind Rajab appears on beach ahead of Oscars

The 5-year-old is the focus of The Voice of Hind Rajab, which has been nominated for best international film

The Independent UK

Giant sand portrait of girl in Voice Of Hind Rajab created on Yorkshire beach

The film tells the story of a Palestine Red Crescent Society worker.

Evening Standard

The Voice of Hind Rajab: Tunisian director’s devastating film about Palestine is up for an Oscar

The Voice of Hind Rajab made an immediate impact when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2025, receiving a 23-minute standing ovation and seven awards. More were to follow as it played at festivals around the world.

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To cry or not to cry: how moving the audience to tears can backfire

“One must have a heart of stone not to read about the death of little Nell without laughing” was Oscar Wilde’s notorious response to the emotional onslaught of Charles Dickens’s 1841 novel, The Old Curiosity Shop. Having watched two films in two weeks about the death of a child, it…

The Conversation

Reality winners: the rise and rise of the ‘verbatim’ movie

From Kaouther Ben Hania’s reconstruction of the killing of a five-year-old Gazan girl in The Voice of Hind Rajab to Ira Sachs use of a taped interview in Peter Hujar’s Day, real-life dialogue is being turned into drama

The Guardian - UK

Wall of Tears: 50ft Brooklyn mural pays tribute to children killed in Gaza

Installation remembers the names of over 18,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza between October 2023 and July 2025

The Guardian - US

Dozens of artists call for end to Israel’s ‘systematic attacks’ on Gaza hospitals

Actors, doctors and human rights leaders sign letter calling for restoration of medical care to ‘collapsed’ system

The Guardian - US

‘It felt like she was asking me to save her’: the film based on a five-year-old Palestinian girl’s dying pleas

The Voice of Hind Rajab has stunned audiences with its use of the real-life audio of a girl’s call for help after her family’s car was attacked by an Israeli tank in Gaza. Its director explains why she had to tell Hind’s tragic story

The Guardian - UK

Doomed lovers, high heels and The Odyssey: films to get excited about in 2026

Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war, and Christopher Nolan brings us a Greek epic. Plus much more in our pick of the best films coming to UK cinemas this year

The Guardian - UK

'The Voice of Hind Rajab': Blending documentary and fiction to portray the war in Gaza

How can filmmakers tell the horrors of the war in Gaza without distorting reality? With 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', director Kaouther Ben Hania offers an answer, halfway between documentary and fiction.

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Radio France Internationale

How the last words of a little girl in Gaza became an award-winning film

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on a recording of a six-year-old girl trapped under fire in Gaza, calling the Palestinian Red Crescent for help. RFI spoke to the director about why it was so important to her to make this film, which was…

Evening Standard

The Voice of Hind Rajab LFF review: an utterly devastating human story from Gaza’s front line

5/5 The tragedy of five-year-old Hind Rajab is retold in one of this year’s only truly essential pieces of film-making

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Two Years On, Australia Still Refuses To Name What’s Really Happening In Gaza

Gaza is a cage by design.

The Guardian - UK

The Voice of Hind Rajab was better than the film which won Venice. But that result wasn’t a cop-out

Many felt Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza docufiction was robbed when Jim Jarmusch’s latest took the top prize. Yet accusations of moral cowardice on the part of the jury are naive and unfair

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Al Jazeera

Gaza war film The Voice of Hind Rajab wins 2nd prize at Venice festival

Director Ben Hania pays tribute to slain five-year old Palestinian girl, calls for accountability for Israeli killings.

International Business Times

Gaza Film At Venice Targeted By Hate Campaign, Director Says

At its premiere, a powerful new Gaza film at the Venice Film Festival sparked 23 minutes of sustained applause.

The Guardian - UK

The Voice of Hind Rajab review – provocative docufiction is fierce, urgent and heart-shattering

In an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli army

Euronews

Filmmakers of 'Voice of Hind Rajab' condemn 'dehumanisation' in Gaza

At the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, the filmmakers and cast of Kaouther Ben Hania’s 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' made an emotional appeal to end the violence in Gaza, earning a standing ovation as they entered.

The Independent UK

‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ opens to record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice film festival

Film tells the story of six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli soldiers early last year

The Guardian - UK

The Voice of Hind Rajab gets 23-minute ovation at Venice film festival

Film about five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza leaves much of audience and many journalists sobbing

International Business Times

Harrowing Docu-drama Gives 'Voice' To Gaza Victims At Venice Festival

A gut-wrenching film premiering at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year gives a "voice" to Palestinian victims of the war, its director said.

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