Annemarie Jacir
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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Acting Credits
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Crew Credits
Acting
Crew
TV
Ramy
Director
2019
Movie
Palestine 36
Director
2025
Movie
Wajib
Director
2017
Movie
The Rendezvous
Co-Director
2016
Movie
When I Saw You
Director
2014
Movie
Salt of This Sea
Writer
2008
Movie
Like Twenty Impossibles
Editor
2003
Movie
A Few Crumbs For Birds
Cinematography
2005
Movie
A Post Oslo History
Director
2001
Movie
The Satellite Shooters
Director
2001
Movie
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes
Director
2006
Movie
Disconnect
Director
2020