Director
Annemarie Jacir
Born 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.
Directed
Ramy
Director · 2019
Palestine 36
Director · 2025
Wajib
Director · 2017
When I Saw You
Director · 2014
The Rendezvous
Co-Director · 2016
Salt of This Sea
Director · 2008
A Post Oslo History
Director · 2001
The Satellite Shooters
Director · 2001
A Few Crumbs For Birds
Director · 2005
Like Twenty Impossibles
Director · 2003
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes
Director · 2006
Disconnect
Director · 2020
From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future)
Director · 2022
Sound of the Street
Director · 2006
Iyad
Director · 2024
Palestine, Summer 2006
Director · 2006
Writing
Palestine 36
Writer · 2025
Wajib
Writer · 2017
When I Saw You
Writer · 2014
Salt of This Sea
Writer · 2008
The Satellite Shooters
Writer · 2001
A Few Crumbs For Birds
Writer · 2005
Like Twenty Impossibles
Writer · 2003
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes
Screenplay · 2006
Horizon
Creative Producer · 2013
Palestine, Summer 2006
Writer · 2006