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PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK France-Palestine-Iran, 2025, 112 min, color, documentary

How do the inhabitants of the occupied Gaza Strip live – and how do they die? Young Palestinian photographer Fatma Hassona spent several months recording everyday reality in the volatile territory. In long-distance interviews with renowned Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, she makes the impression of an energetic young woman reporting terrible news as an eyewitness. But their conversations – frequently interrupted by poor signal or hampered by poor video – are also marked by a genuine interest in mutual understanding and closeness, in overcoming the artificial borders of military conflicts. The film will live on, but in April the life of the innocent young photographer was extinguished in an Israeli air raid.

 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Cannes ’25 – Nomination for Golden Eye

Sepideh Farsi

Sepideh Farsi

Born in Tehran, Sepideh Farsi moved to Paris to study mathematics but soon turned her focus to filmmaking. After making several short films, in 2001 she directed the documentary Homi D. Sethna, Filmmaker which won several of awards. Her documentaries Harat and Tehran Without Permission both premiered at Locarno, her first two feature films Dreams of Dust and The Gaze at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2000 Homi D. Sethna, Filmmaker / doc.

2003 Dreams of Dust

2006 The Gaze

2009 Tehran Without Permission

2023 The Siren

2025 Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk / doc.

DIRECTOR
Sepideh Farsi
CAMERA
Sepideh Farsi
MUSIC
Cinna Peyghamy
CAST
Fatma Hassona
PRODUCERS
Sepideh Farsi
PRODUCTION
Rêves d'Eau

PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK France-Palestine-Iran, 2025, 112 min, color, documentary

PROGRAM

French institute - "Slaveykov" Cinema
20:30 h
Euro Cinema
20:30 h

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