Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily life during the conflict through the eyes and unwaveringly optimistic presence of Fatma, a talented photographer whose generation is trapped in an endless cycle of war, famine, and resistance. Her conversations with Farsi bring us into the heart of the conflict, even while their physical distance underscores the dire situation inside Gaza. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is an essential document that now stands as a heartfelt memorial and final testament: Fatma and her family were tragically killed by a targeted Israeli airstrike on April 16, one day after the film was announced as a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

It’s a film about crossing borders; we get to see just a little of what she saw.

Nov 7, 2025

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Peyton Robinson

RogerEbert.com

‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk' may not be enough to stop the action, but it will always be a record of a history under attack, and this preservation is radical.

Rated: 4/4

Nov 5, 2025

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It can feel a little superficial at times. But through ripped fragments of news footage, the conversations between the two women and Hassona’s arresting photography, we build a picture of life in Gaza under bombardment.

Oct 7, 2025

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Gregory Nussen

Screen Rant

Sepideh Farsi's curation of video calls with a Palestinian journalist is as devastating as it is life-affirming.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 10, 2025

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Luke Hicks

The Film Stage

Her death gives an urgency to her story that courses through the veins of Farsi’s investigative, eyes-wide-open documentary, making it a must-see to continue facing the reality of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Nov 10, 2025

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Jaylan Salah

Geek Vibes Nation

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is not an easy film to watch. There were multiple moments when I paused and wiped tears from my eyes. There’s so much pain and suffering in the world, and Farsi’s documentary only adds to it.

Rated: 9/10

Nov 10, 2025

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Stephen C

Real footage in 1 hour and 52 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily life during the conflict through the eyes and unwaveringly optimistic presence of Fatma, a talented photographer whose generation is trapped in an endless cycle of war, famine, and resistance. Her conversations with Farsi bring us into the heart of the conflict, even while their physical distance underscores the dire situation inside Gaza. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is an essential document that now stands as a heartfelt memorial and final testament: Fatma and her family were tragically killed by a targeted Israeli airstrike on April 16, one day after the film was announced as a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Sepideh Farsi, Fatma Hassona
Producer: Sepideh Farsi
Screenwriter: Sepideh Farsi
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Rêves d’eau Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 5, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.8K
Runtime: 1h 52m

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