Underplayed Gems

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (2025)

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk poster
Original title
Put your soul on your hand and walk
Directed by
Sepideh Farsi
Genre
documentary film
Country
Palestine, Iran, France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
14
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film shows daily life in Gaza during war through video calls between the director and a Palestinian photojournalist. It captures the journalist's perspective as she documents her surroundings.

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What happens

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Arabic: ضع روحك على يدك وامشِ) is a 2025 documentary film directed by Sepideh Farsi, depicting life in Gaza during the ongoing Israeli military campaign, captured through Farsi's video calls with Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna. A co-production between France, Palestine and Iran, the documentary premiered at the ACID parallel section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May. It was theatrically released in France on 24 September by New Story. Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike alongside nine members of her family on 16 April 2025, the day after the film was selected for the ACID section. The festival released an official statement expressing condolences and criticizing the ongoing violence in Gaza. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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