Awards and Recognitions

Salt of this Sea

· 2005 Hubert Bals Development Award
· Selected for 2005 Berlinale Co-Production Market
· Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab Selection 2005
· Paris Cinema Project Selection 2005
· Amiens Screenplay Development Pre-selection 2004 Fonds d'Aide au Dèveloppement du Scènario (FADS)

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• World Premiere, Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection, Cinéfondation
• National Finalist - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Student Academy Awards
• Best Short Screenplay - Nantucket Film Festival
• Best Short Film - Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
• Best Short Film (Emerging Narrative) - IFP/New York
• Silver Plaque - Chicago International Film Festival
• Best Short Film - Institute Du Monde Arabe Biannual
• Best Screenwriting – Lenola Film Festival, Italy
• Best Short Film Second Prize – Lenola Film Festival, Italy
• Audience Choice Award - Polo Ralph Lauren Columbia University Festival
• Special Jury Prize - Ramallah International Film Festival
• Audience Choice Award – San Diego Women Film Festival 2006
• Luis Trenker Award for Best Short Film – 4Film Festival, Borderlands, 2006
- Best Films of the Year list, 2003 - Film Comment Magazine
- Jerome Foundation Media Arts Grant, 2003

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