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.'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry By Ian Mundell, Variety, Sep. 22, 2008 archived on the Wayback Machine 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.
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
Dedication
The film is dedicated to the memory of the Al-Dawayima massacre that happened in the village in 29 October 1948. The village ruins serve as the temporary residence of the main characters, Emad and Soraya.
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
External links
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