RFF25: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Iranian director Sepideh Farsi hoped to make a film in Gaza, but amid the devastation, that proved impossible. Through her contacts, Farsi found Fatima Hassouna, a young Palestinian photographer who had documented the Israeli invasion from the very beginning. Sepideh Farsi and Fatima Hassouna began to communicate and became friends through video calls. From this material, Farsi has directed the moving documentary Put your soul on your hand and walk.

The film offers a unique perspective on the lives of Gazans in the midst of the Israeli attack. During the calls Fatima tells about death, fear and hunger. The photographs she takes bring the distress of Gazans to the viewer's eyes. But Fatima also talks about love, the future and faith in humanity.

In the spring 2025 Put your soul on your hand and walk was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. Fatima began to dream of the opportunity to go abroad for the first time in her life. The film is shocking, but at the same time it brings the viewer hope through the main character who is full of light and belief of a brighter future.