Kaouther Ben Hania elicited the longest standing ovation in recent memory at the Venice Film Festival in September, when her powerful, political film “ The Voice of Hind Rajab ” premiered to more than 20 minutes of thunderous applause.

The Tunisian director, whose two previous films — “The Man Who Sold His Skin” and “Four Daughters” — were Oscar-nominated, has since been touring the festival circuit with “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” which is Tunisia’s official submission for international feature at the Academy Awards. It centers on a single, haunting voice: that of a real 5-year-old Palestinian girl trapped inside a car that was attacked by Israeli forces in Gaza and later found dead.

Ahead of the film’s official Arab world premiere at the inaugural Doha Film Festival , Ben Hania s

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