Give Up The Ghost | Shorts Series: Against All Odds | 2020 Boston Palestine Film Festival

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A curation of stories of Palestinians and others caught in extraordinarily surreal situations and still persisting in their personal quests to achieve ordinary goals: completing a sticker collection to win a prize; buying an anniversary present; reaching a holy site to pray; having a baby; sending a loved one home from abroad to be buried.

GIVE UP THE GHOST

Narrative Short

Arabic with English subtitles

Jordan, Germany, Sweden

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she learns she is unable to have children with her husband. As she searches for the silver lining, 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.

Year
2019
Runtime
15 minutes

Director
Zain Duraie
Screenwriter
Zain Duraie
Producer
Annemarie Jacir, Boris Despodov, Helene Granqvist, Ossama Bawardi, Alaa Alasad
Cast
Maria Zreik, Ziad Bakri, Nibal Al Awadi, Amin Safi
Cinematographer
Benoît Chamaillard
Editor
Abdallah Sada
Production Design
Farah Karouta
Music
Israel Bañuelos

5 films in package

The Present

Between the soldiers, segregated roads, and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank, how easy will it be for Yusef and his young daughter to buy an anniversary present for his wife?

Give Up The Ghost

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband.

Closed captions available

Rosa

While working at her aunt's flower shop, Rosa takes her job underground when she begins a side business of shipping undocumented bodies to their home countries for burial.

Selfie Zein

Zein, a young Palestinian woman from Bethlehem, is determined to pray in the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Maradona’s Legs

During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys search for “Maradona’s legs”; the last missing sticker that they need to complete their world cup album and win a free Atari.