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ملح البحر
Short Fiction
19 min / 2023 / color / 16mm / Czech Republic, Lebanon, Qatar
Writer/Director/Editor: Leila Basma
Production: Natalia Pavlove (Other Stories) / Co-Producer: Famu International, Stairway Films, Road2Films
Cinematography: Zaher Jureidini
Gaffers: Joseph Khamis, Léa Skayem, Emanuel Mach
1st AC: Ondřej Kudrna, Tei Lee
2nd AC: Michael Gažda, George Itzhak
Colorist: Lucia Kovalova
screenings/Awards
World Premiere La Biennale di Venezia 2023, Official Orizzonti Short Film Competition (Venice, Italy)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD, Filmay International Short Film Festival (Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia)
SPECIAL MENTION Kino Pavasaris, Vilnius International Film Festival 2024 (Lithuania)
BEST FICTION SHORT AWARD Yerevan Short Film Festival 2024 (Armenia)
NOMINEE Best Short Film, 2024 Critics Awards for Arab Films
El Gouna Film Festival 2024, Short Film Competition (Gouna, Egypt)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024 (Santa Barbara, USA)
PragueShorts Film Festival 2024 (Prague, Czech Republic)
ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin 2024, Germany)
Leiden Shorts 2024 (Netherlands)
FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival 2024 (Portugal)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024 (Czech Republic)
DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2024 (Kosovo)
Drama International Short Film Festival 2024 (Greece)