Zain Duraie

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308 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Jul

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The Documentary Podcast · Jordanian director Zain Duraie · 12 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, because I had to try different endings.

You got to try.

You got to try and you got to test it on people.

Yeah, my producer loved it.

Yeah, it was a big relief and everybody loved it because it was not cliche.

Because if you end on a cliche note, people won't live so happy.

So I had to end on an emotional beat and not a solution.

And I think that's the challenge of making a film.

If you're too much in the logic and the dialogues and being didactic, you lose the emotion of the audience.

It's not an easy subject to sell and we've been looking for international sales and distribution.

So hopefully we'll have a promising offer from a company in the UK.

I'm hoping for that because it's really a film that deserves to be seen.

I think it's going to connect with everybody.

And yeah, I mean, I'm hoping for the best, but it just gets harder and harder.

You think you've done your part once you're in the world premiere and then you go and rest, but actually...

There's another battle after that, and it's managing your expectations as well.

And it's managing how these distributors or sales, how are they going to receive this film?

Is it going to be seen enough?

You start to have different worries.

It's a...

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