Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Opens December 5, 2025
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.
"A piece of raw unfiltered evidence, bearing witness to a tragedy that continues to unfold.”—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
“A tremendously moving portrait of resistance under siege... a rallying cry, not only for empathy but also for collective action.”—Isaac Feldberg, RogerEbert.com
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
- Principal Cast: Fatma Hassona
- Country: Palestine
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 112 min.
- Language: Arabic, English
- US Distributor: Kino Lorber