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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.

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

Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm India–Israel relations

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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

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'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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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…

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Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem and Emma Stone among 1,300 filmmakers to boycott Israeli film companies

The new campaign comes amid a growing number of entertainment industry initiatives to protest Israel’s war in Gaza. The pledge says Israeli film institutions are playing their part in "genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."

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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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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.

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Indie Favorite Jarmusch Beats Out Gaza War Film For Venice Top Prize

A gentle study of dysfunctional families by veteran American director Jim Jarmusch clinched top prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday, while a harrowing docu-drama about the Gaza war took second.

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‘Humanity is facing a reckoning’: Venice film festival shrugs off the glamour to take aim at politics

Stars waved as usual from the city’s water taxis, but there was a repeated focus on films that help audiences interpret a chaotic world

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

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‘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

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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

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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.

The Independent UK

In the shattering ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ the story of a 6-year-old killed in Gaza

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's” The Voice of Hind Rajab” is debuting at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday

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Four Daughters review – emotionally wrenching look at why two Tunisian girls turned to fundamentalism

Director Kaouther Ben Hania weaves a real family’s reminiscences with dramatic reconstructions in this compelling, Oscar-nominated documentary

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Director Kaouther Ben Hania's Profound Exploration Of Family Dynamics

Explore the unique storytelling of 'Four Daughters,' a film blurring reality and fiction to portray a Tunisian family's struggles authentically.

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‘A very emotional shoot’: behind Four Daughters, an unusual, Oscar-tipped film

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania crafts a unique docudrama look at a family torn apart when two daughters leave to join the Islamic State

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IFFK to screen eight films by women directors

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Cannes 2023: 'Four Daughters' looks at reasons why two sisters joined Islamic State group

In today's Cannes Film Festival round-up, actors and real people re-enact the past to understand why two young sisters left Tunisia and their family to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria. "Four Daughters" comes from Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, who is one of the seven female directors…

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Postcard from Cannes #4: Major spotlight on African talents

With a record number of films in the official lineup, African cinema is set to shine at the Cannes Film Festival this year. It’s not only a showcase for attracting international attention, it's also a motivator for up and coming young filmmakers from the continent.

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Cannes movie explores roots of Sudan bloodshed, making festival history

Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania joined early frontrunners for the Palme d’Or in Cannes with her haunting “Four Daughters”, about the decision by a group of teenage girls to join the jihad in Syria. Meanwhile, Africa’s “Cannes moment” continued with the timely screening of Sudanese drama “Goodbye Julia”, whose director spoke…

The Guardian - UK

Jude Law’s Henry VIII, Alicia Vikander’s Catherine Parr – and Johnny Depp as Louis XV: Cannes again lays on a king’s banquet

This year’s Cannes reveal does not disappoint: Scorsese, Glazer, Loach – and the prospect of a lot of powdered wigs

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