The Voice of Hind Rajab In Conversation Event

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB PANEL DISCUSSION EVENT:

Luna Leederville: Tuesday, 24 March | Arrival 6.00pm
6:30pm Intro 5min
Film start 6:35pm
8:05pm Panel discussion 30min
8:35pm end

In partnership with PCRF Australia (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund), join us for this special screening of the Academy Award® nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab, followed by an in conversation with Dr. Mo Mustafa (PCRF ambassador),  Dr Farah Abdul Aziz (General Surgeon, PANZMA) and Dr Serge Kaplanian (anaesthetist), moderated by Rabia Siddique (international criminal and human rights lawyer, best-selling author).

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2026 Academy Awards | Nominee: Best International Feature
2025 Venice Film Festival | WINNER: Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize

Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania blends actual recordings and scripted performances to tell the devastating true story of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli military fire, and the first responders who tried to save her.

On January 29, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers in Gaza received a desperate call from a family trapped in a car under Israeli military fire. Moments later, only six-year-old Hind Rajab remained on the line, begging to be rescued. As paramedics had been killed in the area days earlier, the Red Crescent was forced to navigate a maze of military and governmental approvals before a rescue attempt could even be considered. Hind stayed on the call, scared and alone, as dispatchers tried to help.

The Voice of Hind Rajab recreates this emergency as a powerful narrative work using actual call recordings and scripted re-enactments based on first-hand testimonies and transcripts. Employing a hybrid documentary-fiction creative approach, Kaouther Ben Hania begins scenes with archival images and voices before gradually transitioning into the performances – actors matching the appearance and manner of the real dispatchers, often in the same physical space. The technique is poignant and haunting, revealing what lies behind the dramatisation.

What follows is a compelling and tense, single-location drama, where the dispatchers juggle protocol, panic and moral urgency, trying to comfort Hind while negotiating an impossible reality. Even though we know the heartbreaking outcome, that Hind was killed by Israel’s military, Ben Hania builds unbearable suspense and a tragic sense of helplessness — a testament to an innocent life lost and the people who tried to save her.

Short Bios
Dr Mo Mustafa is a Palestinian-Australian Emergency Physician Trainee who is a PCRF Australia Ambassador and has firsthand experience responding to medical crises affecting children in Gaza.

Rabia Siddique is a decorated international criminal and human rights lawyer, best-selling author, and award-winning global speaker whose work sits at the intersection of justice, conflict, and the protection of civilians. With more than 30 years’ experience spanning prosecutions, advocacy and humanitarian engagement, she is known for translating complex legal and ethical issues into compelling, human-centred conversations that move audiences from awareness to action. She is honoured to moderate this special screening of The Voice of Hind Rajab and lead the post-film panel organised by Madman Entertainment in partnership with PCRF Australia

Arabic language, English subtitles.

PCRF Australia

Screening from March 5 at Luna Leederville