Tunisia has named The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania its official submission for best international feature film at the Oscars .

The news was confirmed Thursday by the National Center for Cinema and Image, just two days after it was announced that Hollywood heavyweights — including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara — had boarded the film as executive producers ahead of its world premiere in Venice. It heads to TIFF shortly after for its North American premiere.

Dede Garner and Jeremy Kleiner of Pitt’s production outfit Plan B have also joined the film alongside The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer and Roma filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Other high-profile companies, including the U.K.’s Film4 and Saudi Arabian state-owned group MBC Studio, have als

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