Annemarie Jacir
Directing · Born 1974-01-17 · Bethlehem, Palestine
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.
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Palestine 36 2025
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Iyad 2024
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From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future) 2022
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Disconnect 2020
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Wajib 2017
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When I Saw You 2014
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Salt of This Sea 2008
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Sound of the Street 2006
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An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes 2006
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Palestine, Summer 2006 2006
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A Few Crumbs For Birds 2005
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Like Twenty Impossibles 2003
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A Post Oslo History 2001
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The Satellite Shooters 2001
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