Salt of this Sea

Salt of this Sea (Arabic: ملح هذا البحر, romanized: Milh hadha al-bahr) 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.[4] 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. A young Saleh Bakri also stars in the film in his first role in an Arab film.

Salt of this Sea
Milh Hadha Al-Bahr
Directed byAnnemarie Jacir
Written byAnnemarie Jacir
Produced by
  • Jacques Bidou
  • Marianne Dumoulin
Starring
CinematographyBenoît Chamaillard
Edited byMichèle Hubinon
Music byKamran Rastegar
Production
companies
  • Rotana Film Production
  • JBA Production
  • Philistine Films
  • Thelma Film AG
  • Louverture Films
  • Clarity World Films
  • Augustus Films
  • TSR
  • Mediapro[1]
Distributed byRotana Studios
Pyramide Distribution
Release date
  • May 16, 2008 (2008-05-16) (Cannes[2])
Running time
109 min.
Countries
  • France
  • Israel
  • Palestine
  • United States
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland[3]
LanguageArabic

Awards
  • FIPRESCI PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD

International Federation of Film Critics, 2008

  • FIRST PRIZE - BEST FILM

Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy 2009

  • SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Osians Asian & Arab Film Festival, 2008

  • BEST FIRST FILM

Traverse City Film Festival, 2009

  • SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Oran International Festival of Arab Cinema, 2009

  • RANDA CHAHAL PRIZE

Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, 2008

  • BEST SCREENPLAY

Dubai International Film Festival, 2008

  • BEST OF FEST SELECT

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2009

  • AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Houston Palestine Film Festival, 2009

  • AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - BEST FEATURE

Chicago Palestine Film Festival, 2009

  • HONORABLE MENTION

Cairo Refugee Film Festival, 2009

  • AUDIENCE CHOICE RUNNER UP

Toronto Palestine Film Festival, 2008

  • PALESTINE'S OFFICIAL OSCAR ENTRY

FOR BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, 2008

  • SOPADIN FINALIST

Grand Prix Best Screenplay, 2007

  • CINEMA IN MOTION AWARDS

San Sebastian Film Festival, 2007

See also

References
  1. "Le Sel de la mer". Tarantula. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. "Un Certain Regard: "Salt of the Sea" by Annemarie Jacir". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. "LUMIERE Data base on admissions of films released in Europe". Retrieved 15 December 2017. Producing or Co-producing country : FR / PS / US / NL / ES / BE / CH [Co-production]
  4. 'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry By Ian Mundell, Variety, Sep. 22, 2008
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