Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
This year at Cannes, only a smattering of female directors were represented, which just goes to show that even outside the hills of Hollywood, female filmmakers fight to be seen and heard. In both the Competition and Un Certain Regard categories at Cannes, just two female directors had films competing at Cannes. The Competition category [...]
Palestine Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Illustration by Nasri Zacharia, Day of the Martyr Palestinian Identity - By Remi Kanazi I was born overseas A refugee With little knowledge of myself or my ancestry Growing up in American society I...
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
"Boldly grabbing hold of the central issue at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict - namely, whose land it is that is being contended by both sides - Salt of This Sea will certainly make people talk, even while it...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Film News: Jacir's 'Salt of This Sea' will play at Cannes -- Palestinian helmer Annemarie Jacir, whose debut feature, "Salt of This Sea," will play in Un Certain Regard at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, has had to cancel the world preem of her pic after she was denied entry into the Palestinian territories by Israeli authorities.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Cannes - This year's Cannes Film Festival will shine the spotlight on 20 movies in its second most prestigious section with a host of veteran and at least six novice filmmakers competing for the Un Certain Regard prize. Apart from many French directo...
Palestine Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
http://jordnianfilms.blogspot.com/2008/04/entry-denied-palestinian-filmmakers.html from Jordanian Indie Films A collection of independent Arab short films and articles by filmmakers...
Palestine Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
WE'VE JUST RECEIVED THIS SAD NEWS FROM PALESTINIAN FILMMAKER ANNEMARIE JACIR, THE DIRECTOR OF SALT OF THIS SEAS, THE FILM STARRING SUHAIR HAMMAD. Imagine, in the 21st Century, a Palestinians with a...
Palestine Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Ammani-born Suhair Hammad is starring in Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir's first feature film Salt of this Sea ( Le Sel De La Mer / Milh Hada Al-Bahar). The film has been officially selected to...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
The line-up for the Un Certain Regard category was also announced today with a few familiar faces. The line-up is as follows: - Versailles - dir. Pierre Schöller (screenwriter of Hotel Harabati ) - with Guillaume Depardieu - Johnny Mad Dog - dir. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire - Sol Cowboy - dir. Thomas Clay - Wolke 9 - dir. Andreas Dresen ( Summer in Berlin ) - O' Horten - dir. Bent Hamer ( Factotum ) - Tokyo!...
