Like Twenty Impossibles

Like Twenty Impossibles (Arabic: كأننا عشرون مستحيل; Ka'inana Ashrun Mustaheel) is an independent short film written and directed by Annemarie Jacir in 2003.

[1] Like Twenty Impossibles was Jacir's graduate thesis film while she was attending Columbia University.

[2] 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.

Annemarie Jacir is considered part of the Arab New Wave Cinema.

It was a National Finalist of Academy Awards and won over 15 awards including Best Film at Chicago International Film Festival, IFP/New York, Institut du Monde Arabe, and Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Palestinian actress Reem Abu Sbaih, Composer Kamran Rastegar, and Writer-Director Annemarie Jacir at Cannes International Film Festival 2003 for World Premiere of like twenty impossibles