Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
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When Iranian film director Sepideh Farsi tries to travel to Gaza in April 2024, she is not allowed to cross the border. Her idea to capture life under Israeli siege runs aground, until she comes into contact with Fatma "Fatem" Hassona, a young, talented photojournalist from Gaza City, and Fatma becomes her eyes in the devastated area. Through video conversations, the two women discuss the young photographer's life: her wondrous vitality, her hopes, her fears and tears.
From Fatma's home, a rare human perspective on an inhumane existence unfolds as she simultaneously reports on the bombing and destruction. For more than 200 days, the women keep in touch; until Fatma and her family are also killed by an Israeli airstrike - one day after the film's selection for Cannes was announced.
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When Iranian film director Sepideh Farsi tries to travel to Gaza in April 2024, she is not allowed to cross the border. Her idea to capture life under Israeli siege runs aground, until she comes into contact with Fatma "Fatem" Hassona, a young, talented photojournalist from Gaza City, and Fatma becomes her eyes in the devastated area. Through video conversations, the two women discuss the young photographer's life: her wondrous vitality, her hopes, her fears and tears.
From Fatma's home, a rare human perspective on an inhumane existence unfolds as she simultaneously reports on the bombing and destruction. For more than 200 days, the women keep in touch; until Fatma and her family are also killed by an Israeli airstrike - one day after the film's selection for Cannes was announced.
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is an urgent and moving portrait of a young woman who laughs, mourns, loves and continues to dream in the midst of war. Sepideh Farsi's documentary combines raw immediacy with intimate conversations by showing daily life during the genocide, captured through video interviews and Fatma's impressive photographic records. The murder of Fatma and her family on April 16, 2025 changed the meaning of the film forever; her voice and images now form a powerful tribute to all lives under fire; a tribute that reverberated far beyond the film world after its Cannes premiere.