Overview
- The United Nations screening is set for December 4 in New York, organized by CEIRPP with Willa, followed by a panel with Kaouther Ben Hania, Amer Hlehel, and producer James Wilson, with opening remarks from Ambassador Coly Seck.
- The U.S. rollout begins December 17 at Film Forum in New York and Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles, with a wider theatrical expansion to follow.
- The film is Tunisia’s official submission for the Academy Awards international feature category and has been nominated for a European Film Award for Best European Film.
- Ben Hania says major American distributors declined the film, leading executive producer–distributor Willa to handle the U.S. release.
- The drama reconstructs a real 2024 incident in Gaza centered on a five-year-old girl’s voice, premiered at Venice to an unusually long ovation, and received the festival’s second prize.