The Match Factory has taken worldwide rights to Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s latest film “When I Saw You.”
The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9 and has been selected as the Palestinian Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film.
The film, set in 2967 Jordan, tells the story of Tarek, an 11-year-old wild child, who runs away from a Palestinian refugee camp in search of freedom. Jacir lived in Jordan after being exiled from Israel, which opposed the politics in her films.
Jacir is part of a new wave of Arab filmmakers who have made a name on the international scene. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema and Variety's Rab Pack: The Arab New Wave.
Her first feature film “Salt of This Sea” premiered in Cannes in 2008 and was the Palestine’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film.
“When I Saw You” was produced by Philistine Films and producer Ossama Bawardi.
