“The Voice of Hind Rajab” premiere at the Venice Film Festival proved to be a hugely emotional event, with very few dry eyes in the Sala Grande.

One of the most talked-about films going into the festival, the powerful and gut-wrenching drama — from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania — tells the true story of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed in the early stages of the war in Gaza. The feature received a huge 22-minute standing ovation, the longest of the festival so far. As the ovation surpassed 20 minutes, and in a clear effort to get the room to disperse, the lights were dimmed in the theatre. The clapping continued.

Attendees in the crowd were holding up several Palestinian flags, and chants of “Free Palestine” rang out during the applause. Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, who are executive producers of the film, were in attendance and held a photo of Rajab on the red carpet with the filmmaking team. Phoenix also wore a Artists for Ceasefire pin.

A new film about a five-year-old girl killed in Gaza by Israeli Occupation Forces is drawing attention at the Venice Film Festival, as its director seeks to humanize the victims of the assault.

Franco-Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania told journalists Wednesday that her aim with The Voice of Hind Rajab is to provide “a voice and a face” to those often reduced to statistics in global media coverage.

“We've seen that the narrative all around the world is that those dying in Gaza are collateral damage, in the media, and I think this is so dehumanising,” Ben Hania said ahead of the film’s world premiere. “And that's why cinema, art, and every kind of expression is very important to give those people a voice and a face.”

Daniel Day-Lewis out of retirement to act in his sons directorial debut. They co-wrote it together.

We were looking for a thriller or mystery genre movie and heard Substance before. I did not expect a body horror film 🥲 It's little bit like a Black Mirror episode as well. I think it's effective, it's just dragged out too much,, 2 hours and 21 minutes is just too much. Otherwise I can respect the over-the-topness.

Has anyone seen it, what do you think? Especially curious how it would be to see this in theater. Some parts were really hard to watch.

I ordered a ten pack of these and I’ve been enjoying looking at photos with them https://archive.org/search?query=3D+anaglyph

Just curious, can anyone recommend movies that had released in this format? It’s not the same as the 3D that came to cinemas in more recent times so I doubt modern releases would count.

The only ones I can remember from the 90s were a Three Stooges release and possibly a 3D Who Framed Roger Rabbit release (both shown on TV during the 80s).

Mubi founder and CEO Efe Cakarel has penned an emotional letter addressed to the filmmaking community in response to the backlash surrounding the company’s new investor, Sequoia Capital, and its ties to the Israeli military.

Mubi, an arthouse distributor and producer with a mission to champion independent voices in cinema, has been under fire since securing a $100 million investment from Sequoia in May. It turns out the portfolio of the Silicon Valley-based venture capital company includes defense-tech startup Kela — which was founded by four veterans of Israeli intelligence units in response to the attacks of Oct. 7 — alongside big players such as Apple, Zoom and Airbnb.

Sixty-three directors, including Nadav Lapid, Ari Folman and Aki Kaurismäki, signed a letter earlier this month criticizing Mubi for its relationship with Sequoia, claiming Mubi’s financial growth is “tied to the genocide in Gaza” and highlighting the controversial profile of Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire, who has been accused of Islamophobic social media posts.