Biography
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.
Directed 14
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
Iyad
Director
- 2022
From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future)
Director
- 2020
Disconnect
Director
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
Wajib
Director
- 2016
- 2014
When I Saw You
Director
2000s
- 2008
Salt of This Sea
Director
- 2006
Sound of the Street
Director
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes
Director
Palestine, Summer 2006
Director
- 2005
A Few Crumbs For Birds
Director
- 2003
Like Twenty Impossibles
Director
Wrote 9
2020s
- 2025
2010s
- 2017
Wajib
Writer
- 2014
When I Saw You
Writer
- 2013
Horizon
Creative Producer
2000s
- 2008
Salt of This Sea
Writer
- 2006
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes
Screenplay
Palestine, Summer 2006
Writer
- 2005
A Few Crumbs For Birds
Writer
- 2003
Like Twenty Impossibles
Writer
Produced 6
2020s
- 2026
Cotton Queen
Co-Producer
- 2025
2010s
- 2014
When I Saw You
Executive Producer
- 2011
Haneen
Producer
2000s
- 2008
Salt of This Sea
Co-Producer
- 2003
Like Twenty Impossibles
Producer
Acted in 4
2020s
- 2027
Everything Is Not OK
Movie
- 2021
The Translator
Lara
When I See Them, I See Us
Movie
2010s
- 2015
3000 Nights
Inmate
Edited 4
2010s
- 2014
When I Saw You
Editor
- 2011
Haneen
Editor
2000s
- 2005
A Few Crumbs For Birds
Editor
- 2003
Like Twenty Impossibles
Editor
Other crew 1
2000s
- 2005
A Few Crumbs For Birds
Cinematography