| SEL DE LA MER, LE -SALT OF THIS SEA- directed by : Annemarie Jacir | | France / Palestine - 2008 - 109 mn - 35 - Color - 1.66 - Dolby SR - Feature - Drama | | Original language : Arabic & English Original title : MILH HADHA AL-BAHR | | |
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Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather’s savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of “returning” to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it’s illegal. | |
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| Screenplay : | Annemarie Jacir | | Dir of photography : | Benoit Chamaillard | | Sound : | Eric Vaucher | | Music : | Kamran Rastegar | | Editing : | Michèle Hubinon | | Producer : | Jacques Bidou & Marianne Dumoulin | | Production company : | JBA PRODUCTION | | Co-producer : | Annemarie Jacir, Pierre-Alain Meier, Joseph Rouschop, Danny Glover & Joslyn Barnes, Sawsan Asfari & Maya Sanbar,
Bero Beyer, Philippe Berthet, Jaume Roures
| | Co-production company : | Philistine Films Thelma Film AG Tarantula
Louverture Films
Clarity World film
Augustus Film
Mediapro | |
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| Soraya:Suheir HAMMAD
Emad:Saleh BAKRI
Marwan:Riyad IDEIS
Irit:Shelly GORAL
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| | 2008 :
Cannes Film Fest
in "Un certain Regard"
Osian's-Cinefan (India)
Special Jury Prize
FIPRESCI Prize
ArtFilm Fest – rep Slovaque
Melbourne IFF
Helsinki IFF
Pusan IFF
Rio IFF
Bologne Arab Cinema Focus
Festival Nouveau Cinema - Montréal
London IFF
Molodist IFF
Taipei Golden Horse IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Boston Palestine Fest
Carthage IFF
Randa Chahal Prize
Cairo IFF
Toronto Palestine FF
Black Night IFF
Sydney Palestinian Film Fest
Dubai IFF
Best screenplay
Beirut Cinema Days
Valladolid IFF
Namur IFF
Mediterranean Film Festival-Bruxelles
Dutch Film Festival
Kerala IFF
Kuwait Film Fest
2009 :
Philadelphia IFF
Copenhague Pix IFF
DC IFF
Houston Palestine Fest
Audience Choice Award
Palm Springs IFF
Cyprus Film Days
CPH.PIX IFF
Fundación Palestina
Belén 2000-Chile
Chicago Palestine Film Fest
Audience Choice - Best Feature
Milano Women's IFF
Sguardi Altrove
Best film
Portland IFF
Mediterranean Games festival
in Zagreb and Rijeka
Women Film Festival Šeršeliafam
Vilnius
Israeli Palestinian Film Festival
Santa Barbara University
Ann Arbor Palestine FF
London Palestine FF
Minneapolis-St Paul IFF
Tribeca IFF
Arab Cultural Festival
in Seoul
Al-Awda convention
in Anaheim
Providence Palestinian
Film Festival
Orient Images in
Sao Paulo
Flint Institute of Arts
Arabic film series.
Mosaiques Festival
London
summer Palestine film series
in DC
Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival
Freiburger Film Forum
Incontri Cinematografici
di Stresa
Durban IFF
Traverse City IFF
Best first film
Oran International Festival
of Arab Cinema
Special Jury Prize
Salé Women IFF
Palestinian Filmdays
in Stockholm
Danish Palestine Festival
Arab Film Fest in
Dearborn
Berlin Arab Film Fest
Euro Arab Film Festival Amal
Best Actress
2010 :
Mediterranean Film Days
Heidelberg
New Orleans International
Human Rights Film Festival
Audience Choice Award |
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