The festival opened with the docudrama “The Voice of Hind Rajab”, which won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at this year’s 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

Does the 23-minute standing ovation for Hind Rajab's story mean anything beyond the echo?

The anguished final pleas of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli fire are retold in "The Voice of Hind Rajab," a searing new film that received a rapturous premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.

Major Hollywood stars including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Rooney Mara have boarded Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza-set drama "The Voice of Hind Rajab" as executive producers, giving the film a powerful push ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.