Entertainment
9 April, 2026
Hard-hitting film fundraiser
A FILM fundraiser will be held in Malanda on Sunday to aid the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
The event, to be held at the Majestic Theatre from 2.30pm, features Kaouther Ben Hania’s new film The Voice of Hind Rajab, where Red Crescent (the equivalent of the Red Cross) workers are hit with a gut-churning realisation – they will not be able to save Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl trapped in a car with the corpses of her family.
The Voice of Hind Rajab premiered in the 2025 Venice Film Festival, where it broke the record for longest standing ovation, and picked up the Grand Jury Prize.
The incident that is the subject of the film happened on 29 January 2024 when Hind and six of her family members loaded into a black vehicle to evacuate the Gazan suburb of Tel al-Hawa.
The car was shot at by Israeli forces. Hind’s aunt, uncle and three of her cousins were killed.
A fourth cousin, Layan Hamadeh, was trapped with Hind in the car beside a petrol station. Layan called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society for assistance.
The Red Crescent released the audio files of their conversation, which detail the 15-year-old saying their car was being shot at, and tanks were approaching.
In another recording, Layan is heard yelling over the sound of gunfire. When the Red Crescent made contact again, Hind picked up their call recounting that she was now the only survivor in the car.
After spending hours on the phone with Hind, while also negotiating with Israeli forces, the Red Crescent was able to send an ambulance to her location. As the ambulance approached, Red Crescent workers lost connection with both Hind and their medics.
Twelve days later, the bodies of Hind, her six family members and two medics were found.
