Kaouther Ben Hania constantly explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary. Her 2023 film Four Daughters was nominated for the Best Documentary Academy Award 2024 after being presented in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film received numerous prestigious awards and was sold in over 40 territories. Her previous film The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020) was nominated at the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film in 2021, representing Tunisia. All her other films have premiered at prestigious festivals including Cannes, Venice, AFI, Los Angeles, Locarno, IDFA and Hot Docs Toronto. The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) is her sixth film.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
