Annemarie Jacir
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing16
moviePalestine 36
2025
Director
movieIyad
2024
Director
movieDisconnect
2020
Director
tvRamy
2019
Director
movieWajib
2017
Director
movieThe Rendezvous
2016
Co-Director
movieWhen I Saw You
2014
Director
movieSalt of This Sea
2008
Director
movieSound of the Street
2006
Director
moviePalestine, Summer 2006
2006
Director
movieA Few Crumbs For Birds
2005
Director
movieLike Twenty Impossibles
2003
Director
Writing10
moviePalestine 36
2025
Writer
movieWajib
2017
Writer
movieWhen I Saw You
2014
Writer
movieHorizon
2013
Creative Producer
Production5
movieCotton Queen
2026
Co-Producer
moviePalestine 36
2025
Executive Producer
movieWhen I Saw You
2014
Executive Producer
movieSalt of This Sea
2008
Co-Producer
movieLike Twenty Impossibles
2003
Producer
Acting4
Editing4
Crew1
movieA Few Crumbs For Birds
2005
Cinematography