Like Twenty Impossibles

Like Twenty Impossibles (Ka'inana Ashrun Mustaheel) is an independent short film written and directed by Annemarie Jacir in 2003. It received attention when it became the first ever short film from the Arab world to be chosen as an Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival. As well as being the first Palestinian short film in Cannes, it also marked the first time a Palestinian female director walked the red carpet. The film went on to win numerous awards and was a National Finalist at the Academy Awards, breaking new ground for Arab cinema. It is a fiction film following a Palestinian film crew shot in Palestine.Annemarie Jacir is considered part of the Arab New Wave Cinema.

Like Twenty Impossibles

Like Twenty Impossibles (Ka'inana Ashrun Mustaheel) is an independent short film written and directed by Annemarie Jacir in 2003. It received attention when it became the first ever short film from the Arab world to be chosen as an Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival. As well as being the first Palestinian short film in Cannes, it also marked the first time a Palestinian female director walked the red carpet. The film went on to win numerous awards and was a National Finalist at the Academy Awards, breaking new ground for Arab cinema. It is a fiction film following a Palestinian film crew shot in Palestine.Annemarie Jacir is considered part of the Arab New Wave Cinema.