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Salt of this Sea Feature film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Suheir Hammad and Saleh Bakri Palestine 2008 104 minutes In Arabic and English Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of returning to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal 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 know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal. The story of young Palestinians in search of a Palestine they were robbed from. *** "Annemarie is the Palestinian Jim Jarmush. She has developed her own cinema language, stubborn acting style and unconventional story telling, disobeying all the rules of traditional cinema." - Hany Abu-Assad, Director Paradise Now "This film is my personal voice, intimate,... it's the voice of my family, of my village, of my people. It's the voice of every refugee searching for his rights.." - Saleh Bakri, actor . CANNES - OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2008 . FIRST PRIZE - BEST FILM, Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy 2009 . INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD FIPRESCI PRIZE . RANDA CHAHAL PRIZE, Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, 2008 . BEST SCREENPLAY, Dubai International Film Festival, 2008 . SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, Osians Asian & Arab 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 Official site: http://www.philistinefilms.org Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=60185962276#/pages/Salt-of-This-Sea-Milh-Hadha-al-Bahr-/27276646076 For all other 7th Al-Awda convention info, please visit: http://al-awda.org/convention7/index.html and keep revisiting that page as it is being updated regularly. DON'T DELAY! REGISTER TODAY! Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition PO Box 131352 Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA Tel: 760-918-9441 Fax: 760-918-9442 E-mail: i...@al-awda.org WWW: http://al-awda.org Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is the largest network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to Palestinian human rights. We are a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible.
