17-year-old Nayla in a hot summer day on the southern seaside of Lebanon is faced with the same dilemma as any other young person in Lebanon: to leave or to stay. Two men in her life who have set ideas about it might get surprised.

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CAST

Nathalie Issa, Farid Shawki, Georges Matar, Hiba Chihane, Rabih Abdo

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CREW

Writer & Director Leila Basma

Director of Photography Zaher Jueridini

Editor Leila Basma

Sound Design & Sound Mixing Dominyka Adomaityte

Music by Aid Kid

Production Designer Assad Khouery

Costume Designer Alicia Fahed

Color grading Lucia Kovaľová

VFX Postproduction Magic Lab

VFX Artist Jan Vont

Production Company other stories

Producer Natália Pavlove

Co-producers Cynthia Choucair (Road2Films), Petr Oplatka, Václav Sládek (Stairway Films)

Partners Magic Lab

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Festival selections
​​​​Venezia 80 - Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, Orizzonti Short Films Competition 2023, Italy - World Premiere
​​Stretto Film Festival 2023, Italy
​Film Front International Short Film Festival 2023, Serbia
​Sulmona International Film Festival 2023, Italy
MedFilm Festival 2023, Italy
El Gouna Film Festival 2023, Egypt
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024, USA
​Pragueshorts Film Festival 2024, Czech Republic
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Director's Statement
Just like the protagonist of the film, I grew up between two extremes of free-spirited people and conservative society, struggling to know who I wanted to be.
​Sea Salt is a love/hate letter to my hometown, in which I try to paint a local coming-of-age story, filled with first discoveries and life-changing decisions.

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