Salt of this Sea

Salt of this Sea (ملح هذا البحر) 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
International Federation of Film Critics, 2008 Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy 2009 Osians Asian & Arab Film Festival, 2008 Traverse City Film Festival, 2009 Oran International Festival of Arab Cinema, 2009 Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, 2008 Dubai International Film Festival, 2008 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2009 Houston Palestine Film Festival, 2009 Chicago Palestine Film Festival, 2009 Cairo Refugee Film Festival, 2009 Toronto Palestine Film Festival, 2008 FOR BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, 2008 Grand Prix Best Screenplay, 2007 San Sebastian Film Festival, 2007
 * FIPRESCI PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD
 * FIRST PRIZE - BEST FILM
 * SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
 * BEST FIRST FILM
 * SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
 * RANDA CHAHAL PRIZE
 * BEST SCREENPLAY
 * BEST OF FEST SELECT
 * AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
 * AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - BEST FEATURE
 * HONORABLE MENTION
 * AUDIENCE CHOICE RUNNER UP
 * PALESTINE'S OFFICIAL OSCAR ENTRY
 * SOPADIN FINALIST
 * CINEMA IN MOTION AWARDS