Annemarie Jacir
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Biography
Annemarie Jacir (Arabic: آن ماري جاسر; born 17 January 1974; Bethlehem) is a Palestinian filmmaker. Her short film Like Twenty Impossibles (2003) was the first Arab short film in history to be an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award. Her second film Salt Of This Sea (2008), garnered fourteen international awards. It was the first feature film directed by a Palestinian woman and Palestine’s 2008 Oscar Entry for Foreign Language Film. The much awarded When I Saw You was Palestine’s 2012 Oscar Entry. Wajib (2017) is Jacir’s third feature film.
Filmography 19
Movies (18)
Palestine 362025Directing
Iyad2024Directing
From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future)2022Directing
The Translator2021Lara
When I See Them, I See Us2021
Disconnect2020Directing
Wajib2017Directing
3000 Nights2015Inmate
When I Saw You2014Directing
Salt of This Sea2008Directing
Sound of the Street2006Directing
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes2006Directing- A World Apart Within 15 Minutes2006
Palestine, Summer 20062006Directing
A Few Crumbs For Birds2005Directing
Like Twenty Impossibles2003Directing- A Post Oslo History2001Directing
- The Satellite Shooters2001Directing
