Juliette Binoche pays tribute to slain Gaza photojournalist at Cannes

Jury president Juliette Binoche seems through the opening ceremony of the 78th Worldwide Movie Pageant, Cannes, Zuid -Frankrijk, Tuesday 13 Might 2025. (Picture by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

French star Juliette Binoche, head of the Cannes Movie Pageant Jury, paid tribute to the killed Gaza picture journalist Fatima Hassouna through the opening ceremony on Tuesday 13 Might and stated that she ought to have been ‘with us tonight’.

Hassouna, who was murdered in an Israeli air strike final month, is the topic of the documentary “Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Stroll”, which is able to premiere on Thursday in Cannes by the banished Iranian director Sepideh Farsi.

“In each area of the world artists, artists combat daily and resistance in artwork,” she advised a VIP -of actors and administrators on the French Riviera.

“On April 16, within the daybreak in Gaza, the 25-year-old photojournalist Fatima Hassouna and 10 relations have been killed by a rocket that hit their home.”

She added: “The day earlier than she realized that the movie she contained in was chosen for Cannes.

“She ought to have been with us right here tonight.”

Greater than 380 movie figures, together with “Schindler’s Record” actor Ralph Fiennes and Richard Gere, regarded “Genocide” in Gaza in an open letter launched on Monday by Professional -Palestinian activists on the eve of the Cannes Movie Pageant.

Binoche was initially advised by the organizers that they signed the petition, however her title was not on the ultimate printed checklist.

She spoke with reporters earlier on Tuesday and stated, “You would possibly perceive a bit of later”, by displaying that she may make an announcement about Hassouna through the opening ceremony.

In her feedback, Binoche additionally referred to “the (Israeli) hostages of October 7 and all hostages, prisoners, the drowned who endure concern and die with a horrible sense of abandonment and indifference.”

The battle in Gaza was activated by Hamas’s 2023 assault on Israel, which resulted within the demise of 1,218 folks, primarily residents, in line with an AFP -Tally primarily based on official knowledge.

As well as, militants kidnapped 251 folks.

The Israeli offensive that has been launched in retribution has a minimum of 52,908 folks in Gaza, primarily residents, killed in line with knowledge from the Hamas-Runned Well being Minister, which is dependable by the UN.

Media Freedom Group Reporters With out Borders (RSF) has accused the Israeli military of performing a “bloodbath” of Palestinian journalists, killed by nearly 200. /ra