In an unprecedented move, director Kawthar Ben Hania refused to accept her award at the Cinema for Peace Awards in Germany for her documentary "The Voice of Hind Rajab" 💥, in protest against honoring former Israeli General Noam Tibon, a central figure in another Canadian film, "The Road Between Us".

✨ In her statement, Ben Hania emphasized that the film tells more than the story of a single girl, exposing the system that made her killing possible. She stressed that Hind’s death is not an exception, but part of a larger pattern of genocide.
🔹 She added that peace cannot be achieved without justice and accountability, and that cinema should never serve as a tool to beautify violence, insisting that murder and injustice must face legal and ethical accountability.

💡 She highlighted: "The Israeli army killed Hind Rajab, her family, and the rescuers who came to save her, with the complicity of the world’s most powerful governments and institutions," and stated the award would remain unclaimed until peace is rooted in real legal and moral responsibility.

🔥 Her stance has sparked global discussions on social media, making Ben Hania a symbol of artistic and ethical responsibility against injustice, and sending a powerful message for global justice and accountability.