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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Biography from TMDB.
- January 17, 1974 (52)
- Bethlehem, Palestine
- Director, writer, producer, editor and actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Annemarie Jacir's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Annemarie Jacir's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Annemarie Jacir's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Cotton Queen(2025)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Palestine 36(2025)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Iyad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
From Palestine with Love (Postcard from the Future) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Translator(2020)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
When I See Them, I See Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Disconnect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Present(2020)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Ramy(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Wajib (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Rendezvous(2016)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
3000 Nights(2015)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Speed Sisters(2015)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
When I Saw You(2012)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Horizon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Haneen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Salt of This Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Sound of the Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
An Explanation: And Then Burn the Ashes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
A World Apart Within 15 Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Palestine, Summer 2006 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
A Few Crumbs For Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Like Twenty Impossibles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
A Post Oslo History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Satellite Shooters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Career shape
A full career of 23 titles from 2001 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Palestine 36 (2025)
Highest rated
The Present (2020)
Most popular right now
Palestine 36 (2025)
Film career
- 2015Screen debut· 3000 Nights
Awards
3 major awards from 6 major nominations, 2008–2018.
- Cannes award, won · Best Film
- Cannes award, won · Best Screenplay
- Berlinale award, won
- Berlinale award, nominated
- Cannes award, nominated ×2
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Annemarie Jacir's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the atmosphere 75/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Annemarie Jacir work with?
People who share at least 2 of Annemarie Jacir's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ossama Bawardi shares the most, 6.
Actors
- Saleh BakriShared titles: Palestine 36 (2025), The Present (2020), When I Saw You (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Saleh Bakri
Cinematographers
- Hélène LouvartShared titles: Palestine 36 (2025), When I Saw You (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Hélène Louvart
Producers
- Ossama BawardiShared titles: Cotton Queen (2025), Palestine 36 (2025), The Present (2020), The Rendezvous (2016), 3000 Nights (2015), When I Saw You (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Ossama Bawardi
- Rami YasinShared titles: 3000 Nights (2015), When I Saw You (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Rami Yasin
