Salt of this Sea is a 2008 Palestinian film

Cinema of Palestine

Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support. Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew...

 directed

Film director

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 by Annemarie Jacir

Annemarie Jacir

Annemarie Jacir was born on January 17, 1974, she is a Palestinian filmmaker and poet.She has been working in independent cinema since 1994 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films including Until When, A Few Crumbs for the Birds, and a Post Oslo History. She was...

. It is Palestine's submission to the 81st Academy Awards

81st Academy Awards

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2008 and took place February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST...

 for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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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

External links

• Rasha Salti: "Stranger than paradise" The National, Sep. 9, 2008
• Rasha Salti: "Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir shines at Cannes festival", Nov. 16, 2008
• Salt of this Sea Premiere Cannes 2008
• Trigon: Salt of this Sea Review
• Palestinian filmmakers beat the odds to hit silver screen April 22, 2009, CNN
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• eFilmCritic.com interview with Suheir Hammad about "Salt of This Sea" by Dan Lybarger