Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s refusal to accept a peace prize highlights growing industry backlash against the film festival’s silence on Palestine.
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Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has refused to accept a major award at the Berlin International Film Festival, leaving her trophy on stage to protest against the international political cover provided for Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
Accepting the “Most Valuable Film” prize at the Cinema for Peace Awards for her project The Voice of Hind Rajab, Ben Hania stated that the killing of the five-year-old Palestinian girl by the Israeli army was not an exception, but part of a systematic genocide.
