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MILH HADHA AL-BAHR | SALT OF THIS SEA

Directed by Annemarie Jacir

Louverture Films is a Co Producer
 

festivals & AWARDS

  • Carthage Film Festival 2009 - Winner Randa Chahal Prize

  • Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema 2009 - Winner Special Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Award

  • Sguardi Altrove Film Festival 2009 - Winner First Prize Best Film

  • Euro-Arab Film Festival 2009 - Winner Best Actress Suheir Hammad

  • Festival of Solidarity for Palestinian People 2009

  • Espoo Film Festival 2009

  • Melbourne International Film Festival 2009

  • Artfilm Festival 2009

  • Tribeca Film Festival 2009

  • CPH:PIX 2009

  • Portland International Film Festival 2009

  • Sale International Film Festival 2009

  • Sguardi Altrove Film Festival 2009

  • Dubai International Film Festival 2008 - Winner Muhr Arab Award Best Scriptwriter - Feature, Nominee Muhr Arab Award Best Film - Feature

  • Cairo International Film Festival 2008

  • Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2008

  • Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008

  • Französische Filmtage Tübingen 2008

  • Kasaba International Film Festival 2008

  • BFI London Film Festival 2008

  • São Paulo International Film Festival 2008

  • Montréal World Film Festival 2008

  • Pusan International Film Festival 2008

  • Warsaw Film Festival 2008

  • Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2008

  • Helsinki International Film Festival 2008

  • Cannes Film Festival 2008 - Nominee Un Certain Regard Award, Nominee Golden Camera


Born in Brooklyn, a young working-class Palestinian-American woman fulfills her life-long dream of returning to Palestine. Slowly taken apart by the reality around her, she is forced to confront her own 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 take things into their own hands. Palestine's first feature by a Palestinian female director.