Best of Fest: Audience Favorites!
Director Kaouther Ben Hania and Producer Odessa Rae are expected to attend the January 7th screening.
Film Festival 2026
film synopsis
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania (Four Daughters, PSIFF 2024) transforms a real emergency call from war-torn Gaza into a haunting hybrid of documentary and fiction. Blending authentic recordings with meticulous reenactments, the film traces the desperate efforts of Red Crescent dispatchers trying to save six-year-old Hind, trapped under Israeli military fire. Through shifting layers of reality and performance, Ben Hania creates an unflinching portrait of innocent lives under siege—a harrowing meditation on humanity, genocide, and the weight of bearing witness.