Overview
- The Academy nominated the Gaza-set film for Best International Feature, adding it to this year’s five-title slate.
- With the nod, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania becomes the first Arab woman to receive three Oscar nominations.
- The hybrid drama–documentary centers on the actual Red Crescent emergency-call recordings from Hind Rajab and reconstructs dispatchers’ efforts to reach her.
- Ben Hania says the film is a call to action, noting screenings for the United Nations and European Parliament and citing outreach that includes a message of support from Hind’s mother.
- The feature previously won the Silver Lion at Venice after a prolonged ovation, even as critics debate whether celebrated witnessing leads to concrete change during the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.