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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| 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 |
Producing or Co-producing country : FR / PS / US / NL / ES / BE / CH [Co-production]
International Federation of Film Critics, 2008
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy 2009
Osians Asian & Arab Film Festival, 2008
Traverse City Film Festival, 2009
Oran International Festival of Arab Cinema, 2009
Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, 2008
Dubai International Film Festival, 2008
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2009
Houston Palestine Film Festival, 2009
Chicago Palestine Film Festival, 2009
Cairo Refugee Film Festival, 2009
Toronto Palestine Film Festival, 2008
FOR BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, 2008
Grand Prix Best Screenplay, 2007
San Sebastian Film Festival, 2007