Annemarie Jacir

Directing·Jan 17, 1974·Bethlehem, Palestine

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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.

Film	Credit
Palestine 362025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Iyad2024 · Director	Director
From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future)2022 · Director	Director
The Translator2021 · Lara	Lara
When I See Them, I See Us2021 · Actor	Actor
Disconnect2020 · Director	Director
Wajib2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
3000 Nights2015 · Inmate	Inmate
When I Saw You2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Salt of This Sea2008 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Sound of the Street2006 · Director	Director
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes2006 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
AA World Apart Within 15 Minutes2006 · Actor	Actor
Palestine, Summer 20062006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Few Crumbs For Birds2005 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Like Twenty Impossibles2003 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
AA Post Oslo History2001 · Director	Director
TThe Satellite Shooters2001 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer