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Special Screening: WHEN I SAW YOU + conversation with Annemarie Jacir

Having premiered at, and opened, Birds’ Eye View Film Festival’s 2013 edition, we welcome back Palestine’s first female feature filmmaker, Annemarie Jacir, to re-present her powerful work of resistance, WHEN I SAW YOU.

Friday 7 March, 8:35PM @ BFI Southbank

About The Event

Written and directed by Annemarie Jacir (Palestine/Jordan 2012, 93mins, BBFC: 12)


Jordan, 1967; spirited young Tarek escapes a Palestinian refugee camp, determined to go home, and is taken under the wing of a group of freedom fighters. When his Mother follows, they embark on an adventure, a journey from helplessness to one of hope, driven by an unshakeable resolve to be free. Palestine’s 2013 entry for the Academy Awards, and from Palestine’s first female feature filmmaker, WHEN I SAW YOU is a powerful work of resistance.


Having premiered at, and opened, Birds’ Eye View Film Festival’s 2013 edition, Reclaim The Frame are thrilled to be re-presenting WHEN I SAW YOU at BFI Southbank, with Annemarie Jacir, who went on to make WAJIB and the upcoming ALL BEFORE YOU, in attendance.


Introduced by Reclaim The Frame director Melanie Iredale, with a post-screening conversation with filmmaker Annemarie Jacir, moderated by producer and curator Elhum Shakerifar, former Head of Programme at Birds’ Eye View Film Festival.


Courtesy of New Wave Films


Presented as part of Reclaim; Reframe; Rejoice. In partnership with University of Westminster QHT Live Performance Project and supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.

Special Screening: WHEN I SAW YOU + conversation with Annemarie Jacir

Reclaim, Reframe, Rejoice Weekender

07/03/25, 20:35
NFT 3, BFI Southbank

Join us for a conversation with Annemarie Jacier, Writer and Director of WHEN I SAW YOU.

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