'The War Has Made Israel Unlivable, and Turned Gaza Into Hell'

'The war has made Israel unlivable, and turned Gaza into hell'

Exiled Iranian director Sepideh Farsi's documentary about a young Gazan woman, who was killed after the film was completed by Israeli fire a month ago, has become the talk of the Cannes Film Festival. 'Israelis and Palestinians have been taken hostage by their regimes, just like the Iranians,' she says

Fatma Hassona documented the war in Gaza. The day after the film about her was screened at Cannes, she and her family were killed.

Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi and United Nations Special Rapporteur in Palestine Francesca Albanese alerted about the murder of the photojournalist in the heart of the film of Acid Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, and called for the international shock in the face of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. On 16 April 2025, following the announcement of the selection of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk at Acid Cannes, Fatma Hassona, a 25-year-old Pale…

The documentary "Put your soul on your hand and walk" by Sepideh Farsi was screened for the first time in Cannes on May 15, almost a month to the day after the death of her main character: the Gazaouie photojournalist Fatma Hassouna.