About
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
Cotton Queen2026 · Co-Producer
Palestine 362025 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Iyad2024 · Director
From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future)2022 · Director
Disconnect2020 · Director
Wajib2017 · Director, Writer
The Rendezvous2016 · Co-Director
When I Saw You2014 · Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
Horizon2013 · Creative Producer
Salt of This Sea2008 · Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Sound of the Street2006 · Director
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes2006 · Director, Screenplay
A World Apart Within 15 Minutes2006 · Editor
Palestine, Summer 20062006 · Director, Writer
A Few Crumbs For Birds2005 · Cinematography, Editor, Director, Writer
Like Twenty Impossibles2003 · Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
A Post Oslo History2001 · Director
The Satellite Shooters2001 · Director, Writer