Overview

• Thousands marched near the San Sebastián International Film Festival after the screening of Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab.
• Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun, festival director José Luis Rebordinos and several actors joined the pro‑Palestinian protest.
• The film and independent investigations suggest Israeli forces killed five-year-old Hind Rajab in January 2024, a finding the military denies, saying no troops were present.
• Noticias de Gipuzkoa reported about ten minutes of applause for the film, as protesters carried a "Stop Genocide. Cinema with Palestine" banner and chanted slogans.
• Coverage places the event in the wider Gaza war that followed Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack, with Palestinian authorities claiming more than 65,000 deaths in the enclave.