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.
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| Milh Hadha Al-Bahr | |
| Directed by | Annemarie Jacir |
| Written by | Annemarie Jacir |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Benoît Chamaillard |
| Edited by | Michèle Hubinon |
| Music by | Kamran Rastegar |
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| Distributed by | Rotana Studios Pyramide Distribution |
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Running time | 109 min. |
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| Language | Arabic |
Awards
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Un Certain Regard: "Salt of the Sea" by Annemarie Jacir". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "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]
- ^ "Le Sel de la mer". Tarantula. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ 'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry By Ian Mundell, Variety, Sep. 22, 2008
External links
edit- Salt of this Sea at IMDb
- Rasha Salti: "Stranger than paradise" The National, Sep. 9, 2008
- Rasha Salti: "Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir shines at Cannes festival", Nov. 16, 2008
- Salt of this Sea Premiere Cannes 2008
- Trigon: Salt of this Sea Review
- Palestinian filmmakers beat the odds to hit silver screen April 22, 2009, CNN
- eFilmCritic.com interview with Suheir Hammad about "Salt of This Sea" by Dan Lybarger