‘Harrowing’ drama earns record 23-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival
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Powerful Gaza Drama Receives Historic Ovation in VeniceThe film about a 5-year-old's death in Gaza earned a 23-minute standing ovation and a Golden Lion nomination at Venice 2025.
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- The movie depicts the 2024 killing of Hind Rajab, a young Palestinian girl caught in an Israeli attack while fleeing Gaza City.
- It unfolds entirely through authentic emergency call recordings from the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
- The world premiere moved many viewers to tears and concluded with a record-breaking 23-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
- Cast and crew used the event to call for an end to the ongoing violence and highlighted the film’s role in giving voice to Gaza’s children.
Enough of the mass killing, the starvation, the dehumanization, the destruction, and the ongoing occupation.— Saja Kilani, during a press conference for the film, where she gave an impassioned speech calling for an end to the occupation in Gaza.
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