{"product_id":"sops-film-night-put-your-soul-on-your-hand-and-walk","title":"SOPS FILM NIGHT - PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Documentary film directed by Sepideh Farsi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, depicting life in Gaza \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eduring the ongoing Israeli military campaign\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, captured through Farsi's video calls with Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwKg\"\u003eA co-production between France, Palestine and Iran, the documentary premiered at the\u003cspan\u003e ACID\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eparallel section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIt was theatrically released in France on 24 September by New Story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwMQ\"\u003eHassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike alongside nine members of her family on 16 April 2025, the day after the film was selected for the ACID section. The festival released an official statement expressing condolences and criticizing the ongoing violence in Gaza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwRQ\"\u003eDuring early 2024, Sepideh Farsi, an Iranian filmmaker living in exile in Paris,travels to Cairo hoping to cross the Egyptian-Palestinian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eborder and document the ongoing war in Gaza, but is prevented to enter Rafah due to the\u003cspan\u003e Blockade of the Gaza Strip.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eimposed by\u003cspan\u003e Israel\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwTQ\"\u003eFarsi, instead, documents the war through video calls interviews with photojournalist\u003cspan\u003e Fatima Hassouni,\u003c\/span\u003e who lives alongside her family in a small apartment in the devastated Northern Gaza. Describing the harsh living conditions imposed to the Gaza population and the civilians casualties, including the killing of her own relatives, Hassouna is constantly interrupted by poor internet connection. The video calls are intertwined with Hassouna's photojournalism work, which was mainly focused in the children's suffering, and news reports providing context of the international response to the ongoing genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwUA\"\u003eAs the war intensifies in late 2024, Hassouna continues to documents successive aerial bombings and military activity near her home in Gaza City, which resulted in the death of friends and her displacement to a shelter nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwUg\"\u003eOn 15 April 2025, Farsi share the news of the film's selection to the2025 Cannees Film Festival and Hassouna express her desire to attend its world premiere. Farsi ends the call requesting Hassouna's passport. \u003cstrong\u003eOn the following morning, 16 April 2025, Hassouna and nine relatives were killed in their sleep by an Israeli airstrike on their home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WMPSC","offers":[{"title":"Solidarity Rate","offer_id":58587344863563,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Concession Rate","offer_id":58587344896331,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/8247\/1243\/files\/SOPSPUTYOURSOULONYOURHANDSANDWALK.jpg?v=1790255580","url":"https:\/\/www.westmidspsc.org\/products\/sops-film-night-put-your-soul-on-your-hand-and-walk","provider":"WMPSC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}