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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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Sepideh Farsi

Director

Fatma Hassona

Director

Fatma Hassona

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Sepideh Farsi

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Sepideh Farsi

Screenwriter

Sepideh Farsi

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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 Full Review Sam Adams Slate The difficulty of connection, the fact that Farsi has to grab every chance to talk even if it means propping a phone up on her laptop screen or squatting on the floor of a rented room, becomes a powerful through line. Sep 19, 2025 Full Review Marina Ashioti Little White Lies Albeit somewhat hindering the affective impact of Fatma’s photography and poetry, Farsi’s unfiltered, raw approach mirrors the nature of our own spectatorship. Rated: 4/5 Aug 25, 2025 Full Review Tom O'Brien Next Best Picture It serves as a snapshot of one last year in the life of a young Palestinian artist whose courage and honesty now have the power to change minds and touch hearts. And that, in the long term, can be as powerful a weapon as any. Rated: 8/10 Oct 4, 2025 Full Review Andrew Parker The Gate Farsi is able to convey Hassouna’s warmth, gregariousness, and strength with such purity that the film functions like the viewer is trying to communicate with a loved one of their own in a similar situation. Rated: 9/10 Sep 25, 2025 Full Review Pat Mullen POV Magazine There’s a practical element at play in the film’s rudimentary aesthetic that conveys the difficulty of reporting during wartime, but also the basic daily challenges of life under occupation. Sep 13, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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
Runtime
1h 52m