Wajib (film)

Wajib (Arabic: واجب Wājib, "Duty") is a 2017 Palestinian drama film directed as well as written by Annemarie Jacir.

It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

[1] It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

[2][3] Wajib won 36 international awards including Best Film in Mar Del Plata, Dubai, Amiens, DC Film Festival, Kerala and the London BFI Festival.

In this road movie, a father and son travel amid wedding preparations in the lead-up to Christmas in Nazareth.