Wajib

58th TIFF: Greek Premiere

In Palestine, each time a woman is getting married, the men in her family are obliged to visit every friends and family home, and deliver the wedding invitations in person. This tradition becomes the occasion for a divorced father to reunite with his son who lives kilometers away, in a finely made film that records in detail the most delicate facets of a fragile and intense relationship.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Annemarie Jacir

Script: Annemarie Jacir

Cinematography: Antoine Heberle

Editing: Jacques Comets

Sound: Carlos Garcia

Actors: Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri

Production: Philistine Films

Producers: Ossama Bawardi

Co-production: JBA production, Cactus World Films, Metafora Productions, Klinkerfilm,

Costumes: Hamada Atallah

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Palestine

Production Year: 2017

Duration: 96'

Contact: Pyramide International

Annemarie Jacir

Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir has written, directed and produced over sixteen films. 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 continued to break ground when it went on to be a finalist for the Academy Awards. Her second work to debut in Cannes “Un Certain Regard,” the critically acclaimed Salt of this Sea (2008), was the first feature film directed by a Palestinian woman and Palestine’s Oscar Entry for Foreign Language Film. When I Saw You (screened at the 54th Thessaloniki Film Festival) won, among other awards, Best Asian Film at the 63rd Berlin Intl Film Festival.