Iranian filmmaker and activist Sepideh Farsi looks at a portrait of the Palestinian photographer Fatima Hassouna, who was killed in the bombing of her house in the Gaza Strip   JOEL SAGET / AFP
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Gaza war casts shadow over Cannes film festival

Fatima Hassouna, a 25-year-old Gazan photojournalist, is the main character in Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi’s documentary ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.’

Agence France-Presse

PARIS, France (AFP) — Israel may ban international media from entering Gaza, but the war in the Palestinian territory will feature at the Cannes film festival this year, including in a documentary whose protagonist was killed in an Israeli strike.

Fatima Hassouna, a 25-year-old Gazan photojournalist, is the main character in Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi’s documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.”