Overview
- The film is nominated for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language at the Golden Globes.
- Cinema Akil in Dubai will open the film on December 17 with screenings scheduled through late December.
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania foregrounds real audio from five-year-old Hind Rajab’s call to the Palestine Red Crescent, staging the drama inside an emergency center.
- Ben Hania proceeded only after securing permission from Hind’s mother and Red Crescent workers, with the mother appearing in the film.
- The feature premiered at Venice, where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, and it is Tunisia’s official Oscar submission backed by producers including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Alfonso Cuarón.