{"id":102443,"date":"2025-10-28T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/102443\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:30:07","slug":"the-voice-of-hind-rajab-finds-distributor-lands-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/102443\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Voice Of Hind Rajab\u2019\u00a0Finds Distributor, Lands Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKaouther Ben Hania\u2019s Gaza Drama, The Voice of Hind Rajab<\/a>, has landed a Dec. 17 theatrical release in New York (Film Forum) and Los Angeles (Laemmle Theatres) with a national roll-out to follow via the distribution arm of the pic\u2019s production partner Willa. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie which received the longest standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival at 23 minutes-plus and went on to win the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, is Tunisia\u2019s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards. <\/p>\n

\n\tBased on true events, pic follows Red Crescent volunteers as they struggle to send an ambulance to rescue a six-year-old girl trapped under fire in Gaza. The film stars Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Amer Hlehel, and Clara Khoury.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie was produced by produced by Oscar Nominee Nadim Cheikhrouha (Four Daughters), Oscar-Winner Odessa Rae (Navalny), and Oscar-Winner James Wilson (The Zone of Interest), with EPs Brad
Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n, and Jonathan Glazer.<\/p>\n

The Voice of Hind Rajab also won the Audience Award at the San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival (with the highest score in festival history), the Audience Award for International Feature at Middleburg Film Festival, and the Silver Hugo Jury Prize at Chicago Film Festival. It has also screened at Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London, and AFI Fest, among others.<\/p>\n

Supported by Sundance Institute and recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, Willa is a production and distribution company focused on socially and culturally important films. Recent releases include Alonso Ruizpalacios\u2019 La Cocina, Sofia Coppola-produced Fairyland (co-distribution with Lionsgate), Another Body (SXSW Jury Award, Emmy nominee), Fawzia Mirza\u2019s The Queen of My Dreams, You Resemble Me (executive produced by Claire Denis, Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed, Alma Har\u2019el). Also upcoming for Willa is Claire Denis\u2019 The Fence.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to partnering with Willa on the distribution of our film. After weighing
numerous opportunities, we chose to keep this release in the family. Willa brings thoughtfulness and vision to distribution, and together we\u2019re building a release that honors the spirit in which the film was created,\u201d said producers Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae and James Wilson.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs one of the Executive Producers of the film, I\u2019m honored that my distribution company can serve the cause of sharing the film with audiences. It\u2019s a powerful work that demands to be experienced in theaters, and we\u2019re proud to champion it alongside the producers Nadim, Odessa, Jim, and my fellow Executive Producers to ensure it reaches the widest possible audience.\u201d said Elizabeth Woodward, CEO and founder of Willa.<\/p>\n

The movie plans to screen ahead of its release at the United Nations, UK Parliament, EU Parliament, several U.S. universities, and community events in partnership with advocacy organizations nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaouther Ben Hania\u2019s Gaza Drama, The Voice of Hind Rajab, has landed a Dec. 17 theatrical release in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,3221],"class_list":["post-102443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-the-voice-of-hind-rajab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}