The Voice of Hind Rajab, recounting the final moments of a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza City last year, won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
The movie by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania is a true-life drama about the killing of the 5-year-old Palestinian girl during Israel’s ongoing invasion of the Gaza Strip.
The movies received a 23-minute standing ovation at its premier at the Venice Film Festival last week.
US independent director Jim Jarmusch’s gentle comedy about families and ageing, “Father Mother Sister Brother,” won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Festival.
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