GIVE UP THE GHOST

( 2019 )

Short Film Competition |

Jordan

Germany

Sweden

United Arab Emirates

Arabic |

15 min

About the film

Salam is a young housewife who dreams of motherhood. She quietly suffers within the codified Middle Eastern society, while trying to help her husband Ammar overcome his reproductive condition. One day, her mother-in-law informs her that the family has decided that Ammar should find a second wife, assuming that she’s infertile, and telling her that she has no right in depriving their son of fatherhood. Ammar helplessly stirs Salam into a different direction, leading her to fight the battle in her own way. Give Up the Ghost will premiere in the Orizzonti section of the 76th Venice Film Festival.

Director

Zain Duraie

Zain Duraie is a Jordanian director, writer and actor, born and raised in Amman. She graduated from the Toronto Film School in 2009, where she wrote and directed two short films as her graduation project. Her directorial debut, the short film Horizon (2013) was awarded the Best of the Festival Selects at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films and the Audience Award at the 20th edition of the Franco-Arab Film Festival. Her latest short film Give Up the Ghost (2019) was selected for the Orizzonti section of the 76th Venice Film Festival.

Producer

Alaa Al Asad, Boris Despodov, Ossama Bawardi, Annemarie Jacir

Production Company

Tabi360, Creative Media Solutions, Arthouse Blockbusters, Philistine Films

Screenplay

Zain Duraie

Cinematography

Benoît Chamaillard

Editing

Abdallah Sada

Sound

Israel Bañuelos, Nour Halawani

Cast

Maria Zreik, Ziad Bakri, Nibal Al Awadi, Amin Safi

Contacts

Producer

Alaa Al Asad, Boris Despodov, Ossama Bawardi, Annemarie Jacir

Production Company

Tabi360, Creative Media Solutions, Arthouse Blockbusters, Philistine Films

Screenplay

Zain Duraie

Cinematography

Benoît Chamaillard

Editing

Abdallah Sada

Sound

Israel Bañuelos, Nour Halawani

Cast

Maria Zreik, Ziad Bakri, Nibal Al Awadi, Amin Safi

Contacts

More About Film

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. As she quietly suffers within the codified Middle Eastern society, she finds herself in a battle to save her marriage. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as Salam realizes she must make a choice.

Producer

Alaa Al Asad, Boris Despodov, Ossama Bawardi, Annemarie Jacir

Production Company

Tabi360, Creative Media Solutions, Arthouse Blockbusters, Philistine Films

Screenplay

Zain Duraie

Cinematography

Benoît Chamaillard

Editing

Abdallah Sada

Sound

Israel Bañuelos, Nour Halawani

Cast

Maria Zreik, Ziad Bakri, Nibal Al Awadi, Amin Safi

GIVE UP THE GHOST

About the film

Director

Zain Duraie

Producer

Production Company

Screenplay

Cinematography

Editing

Sound

Cast

Contacts

Producer

Production Company

Screenplay

Cinematography

Editing

Sound

Cast

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Production Company

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Cinematography

Editing

Sound

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