Give Up the Ghost

Jordan | 2019 | 15 min | Fiction Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A film by Zain Duraie Zain Duraie is a Palestinian filmmaker who graduated from the Toronto Film School in 2009, where she wrote and directed two short films as a part of her graduation project. In 2010, Duraie began work as a trainee at Philistine Films with filmmaker Annemarie Jacir and producer Ossama Bawardi, where she worked on many projects such as When I Saw You, The Rendezvous, Thank You for Bombing and Wajib. Her debut film Horizon was chosen by several international festivals including Palm Springs Shorts Fest, Montreal World Film Fest, Cannes Short Corner. Her short film “Give up the Ghost” won a special mention at the 2018 Malmo Market. This film is selected for the 5th edition of the short film competition.