Close Your Eyes Hind
TITLE
Close Your Eyes Hind
DIRECTOR
Amir Zaza
COUNTRY
Netherlands
YEAR
2025
DURATION
30′
GENRE
Fiction
Close Your Eyes Hind
Amid the war in Gaza, six-year-old Hind Rajab and her family are desperately trying to escape to safety. Only Hind and her 14-year-old cousin survive the attack. Trapped inside the car and surrounded by tanks, the girls struggle to hold on. What began as a search for safety ends in a tragedy that exposes the brutal heart of the war.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Amir Zaza
Amir Zaza (1995) is a Syrian-Dutch writer and director. He graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2022.
- DirectorAmir Zaza
- ScreenplayAmir Zaza
- CinematographyTonko Bossen
- Cast
- EditingAmir Zaza
- Producer/s Amir Zaza
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleClose Your Eyes Hind
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date18 Jun 2025
- Country of originNetherlands
- Country of filmingNetherlands
- LanguageArabic
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectNo
Amir Zaza
Amir Zaza (1995) is a Syrian-Dutch writer and director. He graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2022.
Nederlands Film Festival
Utrecht
September 28, 2025
World/ national premiere
Best Short film/Golden Calf (aka a Dutch Oscar)
Netherlands
El Gouna Film Festival
Giza
October 24, 2025
International primere
Egypt
