''Salt of this Sea'' ( ar, ملح هذا البحر, translit=Milh hadha al-bahr) is a 2008
Palestinian film directed
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
by
Annemarie Jacir
Annemarie Jacir ( ar, آن ماري جاسر) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer.
Career Filmmaker
She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two o ...
and was an Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2008. It is Palestine's submission to the
81st Academy Awards
The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2008 and took place on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 ...
for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
.
'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry
By Ian Mundell, Variety
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Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
, Sep. 22, 2008 The film stars Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad
Suheir Hammad (born October 25, 1973) is an American poet, author, actress, performer, and political activist.
Biography
She was born in Amman, Jordan. Her parents were Palestinian refugees who immigrated along with their daughter to Brooklyn, N ...
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
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
. A young Saleh Bakri
Saleh Bakri ( ar, صالح بكري, he, סאלח בכרי; born 1977) is an Israeli-born Palestinian film and theater actor. He began his career in the theater. He is the son of actor and film director Mohammad Bakri, brother of actors Ziad an ...
also stars in the film in his first role in an Arab film.
See also
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References
Awards
* FIPRESCI PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD
International Federation of Film Critics, 2008
* FIRST PRIZE - BEST FIL
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
External links
* {{imdb title, id=1090680, title=Salt of this Sea
Rasha Salti: "Stranger than paradise"
The National, Sep. 9, 2008
Rasha Salti: "Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir shines at Cannes festival"
Nov. 16, 2008
Cannes 2008
*Trigon
Salt of this Sea Review
April 22, 2009, CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...
eFilmCritic.com interview with Suheir Hammad about "Salt of This Sea" by Dan Lybarger
2008 films
2008 drama films
Palestinian drama films
Israeli–Palestinian conflict films
Films set in Palestine (region)