Czech film & TV production company

Sea Salt

On this hot summer day, 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.

Sea Salt
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Genre
coming of age / drama
Format
19 min, short film

Crew

Director
Leila Basma
Screenwriter
Leila Basma
Producer
Natália Pavlove
Production Company
other stories
Co-production Companies
FAMU, Road2Films, Stairway Films
Co-producers
Cynthia Choucair (Road2Films), Petr Oplatka, Vašek Sládek (Stairway Films)
Partner
Magiclab
Cinematographer
Zaher Jureidini
Editor
Leila Basma
Music
Aid Kid
Production Designer
Assad Khouery
Sound Designer
Dominyka Adomaityte
Costume Designer
Alicia Fahed
Color Grading
Lucia Kovaľová
VFX Postproduction
Magic Lab
VFX Artist
Jan Vont

Cast

Nayla
Nathalie Issa
Peter
Farid Shawki
Bill
Georges Matar
Samantha
Hiba Chihane
John
Rabih Abdo

Festival selections & awards

  • 2023 – Venezia 80 – Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, Orizzonti Short Films Competition, Italy – World Premiere
  • 2023 – Stretto Film Festival, Italy
  • 2023 – Film Front International Short Film Festival, Serbia
  • 2023 – Sulmona International Film Festival, Italy
  • 2023 – MedFilm Festival, Italy
  • 2023 – El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
  • 2024 – Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA
  • 2024 – Pragueshorts Film Festival, Czech Republic – Czech Premiere
  • 2024 – ZOOM – ZBLIZENIA International Film Festival, Poland
  • 2024 – Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany
  • 2024 – Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania – Special Mention
  • 2024 – Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – Akbank International Short Film Festival, Turkey
  • 2024 – ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany
  • 2024 – Prague International Film Awards, Czech Republic
  • 2024 – Neisse Film Festival, Germany
  • 2024 – Diaspora Film Festival, South Korea
  • 2024 – FILMAY Short Film Festival, North Macedonia – Best Cinematography Award
  • 2024 – Leiden Shorts, Netherlands
  • 2024 – Adriatic Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – SAFAR Film Festival, UK
  • 2024 – FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival, Portugal
  • 2024 – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
  • 2024 – Ischia Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – Shorts International Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
  • 2024 – Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
  • 2024 – Omladinski Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2024 – Cisterna Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – Yerevan Short Film Festival, Armenia – Best Fiction Short Film Award
  • 2024 – OpenEyes Film Festival, Germany
  • 2024 – Motovun Film Festival, Croatia
  • 2024 – DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo
  • 2024 – Inventa un Film, Italy
  • 2024 – Cinétoile, Tunisia
  • 2024 – Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece
  • 2024 – Golden Grape Short Film Festival, Georgia
  • 2024 – FEMCINE – Festival Cine de Mujeres de Santiago de Chile, Chile
  • 2024 – ELBE DOCK International Film Festival, Czech Republic and Germany
  • 2024 – Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon
  • 2024 – Hvar Film Festival, Croatia
  • 2024 – Sentiero Film Factory, Italy
  • 2024 – Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon
  • 2024 – Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy, Finland
  • 2024 – Finále Plzeň, Czech Republic
  • 2024 – The Smalls Film Festival, UK
  • 2024 – BEAST International Film Festival, Portugal
  • 2024 – Pianeta Mare Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – Soura Film Festival, Germany
  • 2024 – Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria
  • 2024 – Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – Festival International Regards de Femmes Hammamet, Tunisia – Special Mention
  • 2024 – Bucharest Feminist Film Festival, Romania
  • 2024 – AZYL Shorts – International Short Film Festival, Slovakia
  • 2024 – International Film Festival KineNova Skopje, North Macedonia
  • 2024 – Kutaisi International Short Film Festival, Georgia
  • 2024 – Festival du Film Libanais de France, France – Special Mention Best Director, Special Mention Best Actress
  • 2024 – Matera Film Festival, Italy
  • 2024 – FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany
  • 2024 – Interfilm – Berlin International Short Film Festival, Germany
  • 2024 – Shorts Not Pants, Canada
  • 2024 – Beijing International Short Film Festival, China
  • 2024 – Lublin Film Festival, Poland
  • 2024 – Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt
  • 2024 – The Shortest Days Film Festival, Serbia
  • 2025 – Smita Patil International Film Festival, India
  • 2025 – Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh
  • 2025 – MENA Film Festival, Canada
  • 2025 – Šoblė Film Festival, Lithuania
  • 2025 – Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil – Best Short Film Award
  • 2025 – PORTO FEMME – International Film Festival, Portugal
  • 2025 – Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon
  • 2025 – Wegiel Film Festival, Poland
  • 2025 – International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland
  • 2025 – Drugarice Feminist Festival, Montenegro
  • 2025 – Blue Danube Film Festival, Austria / Hungary / Slovakia