Leila Basma - Sea Salt (2023)

On this hot summer day on the southern seaside of Lebanon, 17-year-old Nayla is faced with the same dilemma every Lebanese youngster is faced with today – to leave or to stay. Two men in her life have set ideas about it, but both might wake up to a surprise.

Written and Directed by Leila Basma

Produced by Natalia Pavlove (Other Stories), co-produced by Stairway Films & Road2Films & FAMU

Starring Nathalie Issa, Georges Matar, Farid Chawki, Hiba Chihane.

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19', Fiction Film.
Language: Arabic

The Cannes Film Festival Focus Script Program (Winner of the TSFM Prize)
The European Short Pitch (Winner of the Cinema & Music Prize)
FAMU
The Prague Shorts Screenwriting Workshop (organized by Karlovy Vary IFF)

Supported by

The National Czech Film Fund (Státni Fond Kinematografie)
FAMU
The Doha Film Institute
AMU
Film Talent Zlín

Participated in

The European Short Pitch co-prod Forum
Cannes Court Métrage Industry Days
FEST co-prod Forum
The Brussels International Film Festival co-prod Forum
Music & Cinema Marseille Market
The Torino Short Film Market

News & Reviews:

https://thefilmverdict.com/sea-salt/

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2023/09/08/sea-salt-venice-film-festival/

https://universalcinema.ca/venice-film-festival-2023-sea-salt/

https://www.ziz.news/2023/09/09/review/leila-basma-sea-salt-dives-deep-into-existential-waters/4506/

https://www.arabianmoda.com/2023/09/venice-film-festival-sea-salt.html?fbclid=PAAaZl0SmnT0gBIMoW4bMKN0MB8_PQb_tA0Z6oIM_h4ZFURbAWI7ThWEYG1Ww_aem_AUZs9LdjMEY9U-zh7NvVx5SEKeH0BJqPOwEpfEO-H3QSzQ_NJAIw_GjZio6qdf7KEEM&m=1

https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2023/orizzonti/sea-salt

https://www.cannescourtmetrage.com/en/actualites/focus-script-congratulations-to-honey-of-war-and-sea-salt?fbclid=IwAR2%20GGcUh2hCMPN3hqHANgkY8Z9pKvOBDmWD8Q_Gnv7gZ9_dK-VempPys0Q

https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422281/?fbclid=IwAR1QGnd35tDDos_YuiF4anAIiUpcd9oUR2sGVUcUmSKjmMIgpk-JGZ-nS2w

https://www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/the-czech-film-fund-supported-2-debuts-and-3-shorts-for-production