Annie Sakkab

Annie Sakkab is a Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian filmmaker and photojournalist. Fluent in both English and Arabic, she won two awards from the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) in 2015 for her video stories Hearts of Feather and To Be a Boy. 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 the Home Grown short film program at the 2024 Toronto Palestine Film Festival. Her awards include the Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Film Festival, Canada Life Best Short Documentary at the Forest City Film Festival, and the Award of Excellence at Canada Shorts Film Festival.