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Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on documenting life of slain Gaza photojournalist Fatma Hassona

France24 24 Apr 2025
Sepideh Farsi had been following the life of Fatma Hassona, but a week and a half ago, the day after they ...
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Cannes Film Festival to 'honour' late Gaza photojournalist

RTE 23 Apr 2025
The film features conversations between Farsi and Hassouna, 25, as she documents the impact of Israel's war on the Palestinian territory ... When you see the film you'll understand," Farsi told Hollywood news website Deadline after her death.
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Cannes film festival says to 'honour' slain Gaza photojournalist

The Peninsula 23 Apr 2025
The film features conversations between Farsi and Hassouna as the 25-year-old photographer documents the impact of Israel's devastating war on the Palestinian territory ... When you see the film ...
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‘I want a resounding death,’ Gaza journalist wrote before strike killed her

The Spokesman-Review 23 Apr 2025
Hassona, known as Fatem to her loved ones, had grown up in successive wars, Farsi said in an interview ... Hassona was “very happy, extremely excited,” about the film’s selection, Farsi said ... Hassona had “an outstanding voice and life,” Farsi said.
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Annecy unveils 2025 lineup including ‘Zootopia 2’, ‘Animal Farm’ features, ‘Stranger Things: Tales From ’85’ animated series

Screen Daily 23 Apr 2025
... of George Orwell’s , ahead of its theatrical release on July 11; and Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, as one of the Feature Film Competition jurors alongside Pablo Pico and Gyorgy Raduly. .
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Cannes 2025: The top MENA films set to shine on the Croisette

The New Arab 22 Apr 2025
An air of secrecy surrounds Jafar Panahi’s latest film, which is set to premiere in Cannes' main competition ... The film, directed by Sepideh Farsi, now stands as both a powerful cinematic collaboration and a heartbreaking memorial.
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Fatima Hassouna: The Journalist Who Became the Story

Watan 20 Apr 2025
The film, titled “Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk”, was directed by Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, and was based on recorded interviews and footage with Fatima, capturing the suffering of Gaza and the brutality of the occupation.
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‘I Refused to Accept Her Death’

New York Magazine 19 Apr 2025
Director Sepideh Farsi on the shock of losing Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian subject of her film, in an Israeli missile strike just weeks before its Cannes premiere ... The film world was shocked ...
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Gaza photojournalist who wrote, ‘If I die, I want a resounding death’ killed in Israeli airstrike

CNN 19 Apr 2025
She was featured in Sepideh Farsi’s documentary film, Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk, which has been selected to be screened in the ACID section at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May 2025.
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Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She’s Killed in Israeli Strike

Scheerpost 19 Apr 2025
Director Sepideh Farsi remembers Hassona for her talent, integrity and hope. “I can’t tell you how devastated I am,” says Farsi ... We’re joined now by the film’s director, Sepideh Farsi, award-winning Iranian filmmaker, who’s speaking to us from Paris.
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Gaza photojournalist, who wished her death not be buried by time, killed in Israeli strike

Madhyamam 19 Apr 2025
Just a day before the attack, it had been announced that a documentary titled Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, directed by Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, would premiere at the Cannes Acid film festival in May.
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Photojournalist Fatma Hassona, Subject of an Upcoming Documentary, Killed in Gaza

Time Magazine 18 Apr 2025
Farsi—whose film credits include the Siren and Red Rose—was in the middle of figuring out how to arrange Hassona’s travel to the film festival.
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Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, protagonist of Cannes-selected doc, killed in Israeli airstrike

Dawn 18 Apr 2025
The strike targeted their home in Gaza City just a day after the documentary was announced as part of the prestigious Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (ACID) sidebar at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, reported Deadline.
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike

AOL 18 Apr 2025
Made by Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, the film, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, tells the story of Gaza’s ordeal and the daily life of Palestinians through filmed video conversations between Hassouna and Farsi.
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Palestinian Photojournalist Fatma Hassona Killed with Family in Israeli Attack

Democracy Now 18 Apr 2025
... month at the Cannes Film Festival. We’ll speak with the director of that documentary, Sepideh Farsi, later in the broadcast.Topics..
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