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Born January 17, 1974 · 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.

Palestine 36
2025

Iyad
2024

From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future)
2022

Disconnect
2020

Wajib
2017

When I Saw You
2014

Salt of This Sea
2008

Sound of the Street
2006

An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes
2006

Palestine, Summer 2006
2006

A Few Crumbs For Birds
2005

Like Twenty Impossibles
2003
A Post Oslo History
2001
The Satellite Shooters
2001