Annemarie Jacir
Director
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.
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Who is Annemarie Jacir?+
Annemarie Jacir is a pioneering Palestinian filmmaker and director known for her influential work in independent Arab cinema and international festival circuits.
What is Annemarie Jacir known for?+
She is best known for writing and directing acclaimed feature films including Salt of This Sea, When I Saw You, and Wajib.
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She founded the independent production company Philistine Films, based in Jordan and Palestine.
