Wajib

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

Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over sixteen films. Her films have premiered in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, and Toronto. All four of her feature films have been selected as Palestine’s official Oscar Entry. Her short film Like Twenty Impossibles (2003) was the first Arab short film in history to be selected in Cannes and continued to break ground as a finalist for the Academy Awards. In 2007, Jacir shot the first feature film by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed Salt of the Sea, her second work to debut in Cannes. Salt of this Sea went on to win the FIPRESCI Critics Award, and fourteen other international awards, including Best Film in Milan. Her second feature When I Saw You won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale and garnered a nomination at the Asian Pacific Screen Awards.

Filmography

2003 Like Twenty Impossibles (short)
2005 Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux (short doc)
2008 Salt of the Sea
2012 When I Saw You
2017 Wajib
2025 Palestine 36