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Highlights from Cannes as film festival wraps up

Knoxville Daily Sun 25 May 2025
Iranian film maker Sepideh Farsi's heart-wrenching documentary about slain Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, killed in an Israeli air strike on her home in Gaza last month, left its audience in stunned silence when it premiered on May 15.
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UN expert calls for end of Gaza blockade in Cannes

Knoxville Daily Sun 24 May 2025
Albanese said the Cannes film festival felt like a "bubble of indifference" but she said she decided to join a press conference organised by Farsi to honour Palestinian journalists.
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Sepideh Farsi on why Cannes documentary demands bravery on Gaza

The New Arab 23 May 2025
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'The war has made Israel unlivable, and turned Gaza into hell'

Haaretz 21 May 2025
Exiled Iranian director Sepideh Farsi's documentary about a ...
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‘The war has made Israel unlivable, and turned Gaza into hell’

Virtual Jerusalem 21 May 2025
Exiled Iranian director Sepideh Farsi’s documentary about a ...
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Cannes mourns Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza

The New Arab 16 May 2025
Hassouna, 25, had been determined to come to the Cannes Film Festival to see the documentary despite the difficulties posed by Israel's blockade, Farsi told Reuters ahead of the screenings ... Farsi said ...
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Cannes Day 3: Jury President Juliette Binoche Calls Out Hollywood’s ‘Silence’ on Gaza

The Wrap 16 May 2025
... Soul on Your Hand and Walk.” The Sepideh Farsi-directed film, which is playing as part of the festival’s ACID section, was killed by Israeli forces the day after the Cannes selection was announced.
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'I thought she'd survive': Story of slain Gaza photojournalist touches Cannes

Celina Record 16 May 2025
As the cinema lights came back on, film maker Sepideh Farsi held up an image of the young Palestinian woman killed with younger siblings on April 16, and encouraged the audience to stand up and clap to pay tribute ... kAmQ%@ <.== 2 49.=5k^Am ... ....
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‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’ review: Gaza documentary is a poignant final testimony

Screen Daily 15 May 2025
Sepideh Farsi’s ACID film pays tribute to its subject Fatma Hassona, killed in Gaza in April ... Farsi does vary the film’s visual appeal by the extensive use of Hassona’s photographs of resilience, survival and the human price of conflict.
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Palestinian Photojournalist Fatma Hassona, Killed in Israeli Missile Strike, Remembered at Emotional Cannes Premiere of ...

Variety 15 May 2025
An emotional Farsi fought back tears as she introduced the film and ...
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Louder than bombs: Cannes screens tribute to Gaza photojournalist who refused a quiet death

France24 15 May 2025
Her endeavour to document her people’s ordeal is the subject of “Put Your Soul on ...
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Tom Cruise unleashes 'Mission: Impossible' juggernaut at Cannes

Khaleejtimes 15 May 2025
Impossible - The Final Reckoning powers into the Cannes film festival for its premiere on May 14 on a steamroller of hype ... Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, by exiled Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, will be shown on May 15.
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Filmmakers Denounce Industry ‘Silence’ About the Killing of Palestinian Cannes Film Subject

New York Magazine 14 May 2025
Now that she is no longer with us, it is no longer the same film that we ... Farsi has also organized a three-day exhibition dedicated to Hassona’s photographs at l’hôtel Majestic during the film festival.
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'Let us rise up!' Hundreds of furious movie A-listers speak out at Cannes

Raw Story 14 May 2025
... strike on April 16, 2025, just a day after it was announced that Sepideh Farsi's film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, in which she stars, was selected to premiere at a section of the festival.
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Hollywood stars condemn Gaza 'genocide' on eve of Cannes Festival

The Manila Times 14 May 2025
Farsi welcomed the impact of her film but called on Cannes Festival organisers to denounce Israel's ongoing bombardment of the devastated Palestinian territory ... The opening film on Tuesday evening is ...

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