Zain Duraie is a writer and director. Her debut film Horizon had its world premiere at the 2013 Palm Springs International Festival of Short films, where it won the Best of the Fest Selects award. Her most recent short film, Give Up the Ghost, was officially selected for the 2019 La Biennale Di Venezia main shorts competition, the Orizzonti, making her the first Jordanian woman filmmaker to enter the Venice Film Festival shorts competition. Zain has received numerous awards worldwide, including El Gouna Prize for Best Arab short and a Vimeo Staff Pick award at the Palm Springs Shorts Fest.