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Directed by
  
Annemarie Jacir

Music by
  
Kamran Rastegar

Country
  
Palestine

Director
  
Annemarie Jacir

Screenplay
  
Annemarie Jacir

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Written by
  
Annemarie Jacir

Running time
  
109 min.

Release date
  
1 September 2009 (India)

Cinematography
  
Benoît Chamaillard

Music director
  
Kamran Rastegar

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Cast
  
Saleh Bakri, Suheir Hammad, Riyad Ideis, Ishai Golan, Edna Balelius

Similar
  
When I Saw You, The Time That Remains, Chronicle of a Disappearance, Miral, Palestine Stereo

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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. 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.

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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

    Salt of this Sea Palestinian Film Festival Salt of This Sea SPACE Gallery

    Salt of this Sea Exploring the IsraelPalestine Standoff The New York Times


    References

    Salt of this Sea Wikipedia
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