Salt Of This Sea

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)

• 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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