Director rejects award over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania leaves film award on stage, demanding accountability for genocide in Gaza.

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Tunisian film director Kaouther Ben Hania has refused to receive an award at a Berlin event, leaving her trophy on stage to protest against the international political cover provided for Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.

Ben Hania chose not to accept the “Most Valuable Film” prize at the Cinema for Peace gala for her project The Voice of Hind Rajab, stating that the killing of the five-year-old Palestinian girl by the Israeli army was not an exception, but part of a systematic genocide.

Director rejects award over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza

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