Overview

• Kaouther Ben Hania’s feature screens in competition at the Venice Film Festival as one of the event’s most politically charged premieres.
• The narrative unfolds entirely inside the Palestine Red Crescent dispatch center, with actors portraying first responders reacting to Hind Rajab’s recorded pleas.
• The Israeli military says the circumstances of Hind Rajab’s death are still under review, and it has not announced a formal investigation.
• Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuarón and Jonathan Glazer joined as executive producers, and Tunisia submitted the film for the international feature Oscar.
• Venice has seen large pro‑Palestinian protests and an open letter signed by roughly 2,000 industry figures that festival organizers have not acted on.