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Annie Sakkab is a Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian filmmaker and photojournalist. Fluent in both English and Arabic, in 2015, she won two awards for her video stories Hearts of Feather and To Be a Boy from the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC). Her first short documentary Hollie’s Dress had its World Premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2020 and was created in collaboration with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Her second short experimental documentary, The Poem We Sang examines Intergenerational trauma and post-memory in the context of Palestine and was selected to screen as part of a Home Grown short film programme at the 2024 Toronto Palestine Film Festival. Awards include the Golden Sheaf Award at Yorkton Film Festival, Canada Life Best Short Documentary at Forest City Film Festival, and Award of Excellence at Canada Shorts Film Festival.
Features & TV Movies:
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Hearts of Feather (2015)
To Be a Boy (2015)
Hollie’s Dress (2020)
The Poem We Sang (2024)
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