Hind Under Siege (2025)

Interesting facts

Hind Under Siege is a 2025 Jordanian biographical war drama short film directed and edited by Naji Salameh and written by Aida Al Amercani. It tells the true story of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war in January 2024. The film premiered at the inaugural Gaza International Festival for Women's Cinema on 27 October 2025, where it won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Short Film.

Production

Hind Under Siege was directed and edited by Jordanian-Palestinian filmmaker Naji Salameh, with a screenplay written by Palestinian-Jordanian singer Aida Al Amercani, who also produced the film, which was funded by Jordan's Royal Film Commission and produced by Fajrona Film in association with Iguana Production House and the support from Slate Film Services, Moon Rock and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

Omar Alaqam, a member of the Palestine Red Crescent Society crew in Ramallah, who was an eyewitness and participant in the first call with Hind's cousin, served as consultant, liaison coordinator and was also present on set.

Filming took place in Amman, Jordan in December 2024. Shooting locations included the Ahl Al Azm city in the south of Amman, and the Jordanian Media Institute, where the scenes at the offices of the Palestine Red Crescent Society were filmed. The scenes at Hind's house took place in an old house in the Al-Weibdeh neighborhood in the center of Amman, where scenes of shelling and escape were filmed.

On 29 January 2025, Fajrona Film shared on their social media a 2-minute video featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the film.

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