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Give Up the Ghost Screens within Women and Youth Film Festival in Palestine, on January 27

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Give Up the Ghost Screens within Women and Youth Film Festival in Palestine, on January 27

Give Up the Ghost by director Zain Duraie will screen on Wednesday, January 27, within the 9th edition of Women and Youth Film Festival in Palestine, which is organized by Community Media Center.

Give up the Ghost tells the story of Salam whose dreams of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. The film won Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the Palm Springs International Short Festival, El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short at the El Gouna Film Festival and Jury award at the Indian World Film Festival.

Written and directed by Zain Duraie and produced by Tabi360 (Alaa Alasad), the film is headlined by Maria Zurek and Zaid Bakri, and is shot by DOP Benoit Chamaillard. MAD Solutions handles the film's distribution in the Arab world.