Salt of this Sea

Salt of this Sea 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. 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. Awards FIPRESCI PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD International Federation of Film Critics, 2008 FIRST PRIZE - BEST FILM 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 See also List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Palestinian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References