Like Twenty Impossibles(Movie, 2003)

Like Twenty Impossibles (Arabic: كأننا عشرون مستحيل; Ka'inana Ashrun Mustaheel) is an independent short film written and directed by Annemarie Jacir in 2003. Like Twenty Impossibles was Jacir's graduate thesis film while she was attending Columbia University. It is a fiction film shot in occupied Palestine during the Second Intifada about a Palestinian film crew attempting to cross Israeli checkpoints. 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. Annemarie Jacir is considered part of the Arab New Wave Cinema. ()