Salt Of This Sea
Le sel de la mer
Switzerland / France / Belgium / Spain, February 2008
FILM,
Fiction,
105 min.
- directed by
- Annemarie Jacir
- Written by
- Annemarie Jacir
- Status
- In distribution
Jacir's film tells the story of 24-year-old Soraya who grew up in a Palestinian worker and refugee community in New York. One day she discovers that her grandfather’s hard-earned savings since his exile in 1948 are frozen in a bank in Jaffa, Palestine. This information prompts her to fulfill her long-held dream of returning to Palestine.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2008
- Original Version
- Arabic, English, Hebrew (french subtitles), colour, 35mm, 105 min.
- Production
- Thelma Film AG, JBA Production, Tarantula Belgique, Mediapro, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, Pierre-Alain Meier, Joseph Rouschop
- directed by
- Annemarie Jacir
- Written by
- Annemarie Jacir
- Cinematography
- Benoît Chamaillard
- Location Sound Mix
- Eric Vaucher
Cast
Suheir Hammad
Saleh Bakri
Sylvia Wetz
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Pyramide International
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- trigon-film Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Traverse City Film Festival, Award for Best First Film 2009 (Winner)
- Oran International Film Festival of Arab Cinema, Prix Special du Jury 2009 (Winner)
- Osians Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, Spezialpreis der Jury 2008 (Winner)
- Osians Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, FIPRESCI-Filmkritikerpreis 2008 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Traverse City Film Festival
28.07.2009 - 02.08.2009 -
Oran International Film Festival of Arab Cinema
23.07.2009 - 31.07.2009 -
New York, 8th TRIBECA Film Festival New York
22.04.2009 - 03.05.2009 -
Washington DC International Film Festival
16.04.2009 - 26.04.2009 -
Palm Springs, 20th Palm Springs International Film Festival
06.01.2009 - 19.01.2009 -
25e Arte Mare Festival du film et des cultures méditerranéennes.
22.11.2008 - 29.11.2008 -
Thessaloniki, 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival
14.11.2008 - 23.11.2008 -
Kiev, 38th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
18.10.2008 - 26.10.2008 -
London, 52nd London Film Festival
16.10.2008 - 30.10.2008 -
Montreal, 37e Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal
08.10.2008 - 19.10.2008
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Busan, 13th Pusan International Film Festival
02.10.2008 - 10.10.2008 -
Melbourne, 57th Melbourne International Film Festival
25.07.2008 - 10.08.2008 -
Osians Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema
10.07.2008 - 20.07.2008 -
Cannes, Un Certain Regard: Festival international du film de Cannes
14.05.2008 - 25.05.2008