US EditionLouder than bombs: Cannes screens tribute to Gaza photojournalist who refused a quiet death
- Fatma Hassona, a 25-year-old Gaza photojournalist, was killed by an Israeli air strike at her northern Gaza home on April 16, 2024.
- Her death took place during the ongoing conflict that erupted following Hamas’s assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent Israeli military campaign aimed at Hamas positions in Gaza.
- Hassona documented daily life under bombardment and was the main subject of Sepideh Farsi's film "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk," based on over 200 days of video conversations.
- The strike claimed the lives of Hassona and ten of her family members, among them her sister who was expecting a child and her brother, who was just ten years old, triggering worldwide condemnation and heartfelt tributes at the Cannes Film Festival.
- Hassona's death highlights the deadliest toll on journalists in this conflict and underscores the war's devastating humanitarian impact on Gaza's civilian population.
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Cannes Film Festival: Emotions run high at screening of documentary on photojournalist Fatma Hassona, killed in Gaza
'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,' an important documentary by Sepideh Farsi, presented at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, immortalizes the young woman who documented daily life in the Palestinian enclave.
Cannes mourns Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza
The Cannes film community mourned Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouna on Thursday evening, cramming into theatres to watch the documentary about her life in Gaza. She used to say this would pass, recalled director Sepideh Farsi ahead of a showing of "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk" in the French Riviera resort town. "And it will pass. She is not here but yet she is present, they didn't manage to defeat her," Farsi said, her voice breakin…
Palestinian Photojournalist Fatma Hassona, Killed in Israeli Missile Strike, Remembered at Emotional Cannes Premiere of ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’
The Cannes premiere of Sepideh Farsi’s doc "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk" turned into a tribute to its late protagonist Fatma Hassona.
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Cannes mourns Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza airstrike
CANNES, France - The Cannes film community mourned Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouna on Thursday evening, cramming into theatres to watch the documentary about her life in Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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