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Salt of this Sea
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Wikipedia article
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| native_name = Milh Hadha Al-Bahr
| director = Annemarie Jacir
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| writer = Annemarie Jacir
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| music = Kamran Rastegar
| cinematography = Benot Chamaillard
| editing = Michle Hubinon
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| distributor = Pyramide Distribution
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| runtime = 109 min.
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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.[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992600.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=Oscar+foreign+film 'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry] By Ian Mundell, Variety, Sep. 22, 2008 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.
See also
*List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
*List of Palestinian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
Awards
* FIPRESCI PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD
International Federation of Film Critics, 2008
* FIRST PRIZE - BEST FILM
[http://www.sguardialtrove.it 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
Journes cinmatographiques 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
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