Salt of this Sea

Salt of this Sea
Milh Hadha Al-Bahr
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
Written by Annemarie Jacir
Music by Kamran Rastegar
Cinematography Benoît Chamaillard
Release dates
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
109 min.
Country Palestine

Salt of this Sea is a 2008 Palestinian film directed by Annemarie Jacir and was an Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2008. It is Palestine's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] The film stars Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad as Soraya, an American-born Palestinian woman, who heads to Israel and Palestine on a quest to reclaim her family's home and money that were taken during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Palestinian actor, Saleh Bakri also stars in the film.

See also

References

  1. 'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry By Ian Mundell, Variety, Sep. 22, 2008

Awards

International Federation of Film Critics, 2008

Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy 2009

Osians Asian & Arab Film Festival, 2008

Traverse City Film Festival, 2009

Oran International Festival of Arab Cinema, 2009

Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, 2008

Dubai International Film Festival, 2008

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2009

Houston Palestine Film Festival, 2009

Chicago Palestine Film Festival, 2009

Cairo Refugee Film Festival, 2009

Toronto Palestine Film Festival, 2008

FOR BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, 2008

Grand Prix Best Screenplay, 2007

San Sebastian Film Festival, 2007

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