Zain Duraie graduated from the Toronto Film School in 2010. She started off her training with acclaimed filmmaker Annemarire Jacir on her second feature "When I Saw You. Jacir's  production company "Philistine Films" produced Duraie's debut film "Horizon" in her own right which had its world premiere in 2013 at Palm Springs Shorts fest and won as Best of the Fest Selects. Duraie afterwards began developing her feature film screenplay abroad, in which it was selected to be developed with the prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Academy and in parallel with its selection at Meditalents Residence and Torino Film Lab. Her latest film "Give Up the Ghost" was nominated for the "Robert Bosch FIlm Prize 2019". The film has been officially selected at the prestigious La Biennale Di Venezia  2019 "Orizzonti Shorts Competition and won the Golden Prize at the Gouna Film Festival.