Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Hind Rajab, Motaz Malhees, Saja Kilani, Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Nesbat Serhan DIRECTOR: Kaouther Ben Hania CINEMATOGRAPHY: Juan Sarmiento G. MUSIC: Amine Bouhafa PRODUCTION: Mime Films, Tanit Films, Film4 Productions, MBC Studios, Amed Khan Foundation, Stiching Giustra International Foundation, Watermelon Pictures, Utopia Studios, PFF, World Within, MeMo Films, Sunnyland Film, RaeFilm Studios, JW Films, Willa, Plan B Entertainment, Valentine, The Rambourg Foundation, Common Pictures, 1888 Films, LinLay Productions

Box Office Performance

The Voice of Hind Rajab earned $848,567 domestically and $4,209,874 internationally, for a worldwide total of $5,058,441. International markets drove the majority of revenue (83%), indicating strong global appeal.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Filming & Locations

Filming took place in Tunisia over three weeks in November 2024.

The Voice of Hind Rajab was one of three films about Hind Rajab that were shot around the same time in 2024 and released in 2025. The Dutch short film Close Your Eyes Hind (2025) was shot in December 2024 and released in June 2025, and the Jordanian short film Hind Under Siege (2025) was shot in December 2024 and released in October 2025.

[Filming] Filming took place in Tunisia over three weeks in November 2024.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 18 nominations total

Awards Won: ★ Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival (82nd Venice International Film Festival)

Nominations: ○ Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (98th Academy Awards)

Additional Recognition: The film was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.

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CRITICAL RECEPTION

The film received a 23-minute, 50-second standing ovation at its Venice premiere, beating the previous record for longest recorded applause at a film festival; Pan's Labyrinth had received a 22-minute standing ovation at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com said of the film, "I'm always a little conflicted when a tragedy involving a child is used in filmmaking, but I also believe that true action sometimes requires being confronted with visions of true horror instead of just reading or hearing about them. The Voice of Hind Rajab is the confrontation its victim deserves." Slate's Sam Adams wrote, "Ben Hania periodically reminds the audience just how faithful the re-creation they're watching is. She fills the screen with the audio waveform of Rajab's voice, the digital file name stamped in the corner, and occasionally allows the voices of the real dispatchers the actors are playing to overlap with their dialogue. The movie keeps reminding us how close we are to what actually happened, climaxing with a shot that blends real video and the actors' reenactment. But the heart of the conflict, like Rajab herself, is impossible to reach." Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 4/5 stars, writing, "there is a reckless, ruthless kind of provocative brilliance in what Ben Hania is doing. Is it in bad taste? Problematic? Well, in a world where directors busy themselves and us with made-up stories about made-up people, Ben Hania is at least grabbing one of the most relevant issues of our time with both hands and finding a way to thrust it under our noses."