Last year, a small independent movie by a debut director premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Called “Joyland,” it was notably the first Pakistani feature to screen at the world’s most ...

Last year, a small independent movie by a debut director premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Called “Joyland,” it was notably the first Pakistani feature to screen at the world’s most ...

Over the past year, the writer-director Saim Sadiq has garnered a series of unprecedented accolades for Pakistani cinema. Last May, his debut film, “Joyland,” out Friday, became the first ...

A version of this interview with “Joyland” director Saim Sadiq first appeared in the International Film issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. First-time feature director Saim Sadiq’s tender ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The movie "Joyland" was the first Pakistani film ever to play at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also Pakistan's entry in this year's Oscar race for best international ...

Pakistan has reversed its ban on Saim Sadiq’s Cannes-winning Oscar contender “Joyland,” according to a senior advisor to the government. An official statement on the reversal had not been ...

Joyland became the first feature film from Pakistan ever to screen at Cannes and won both the festival's Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and its Queer Palm for its intimate portrait of a society ...

The Pakistani film had a solid open at the specialty box office featuring Owen Wilson in 'Paint', 'How To Blow Up A Pipeline' and 'Showing Up' 2025 American Music Awards × Close Player ...

The film opens in New York on Friday and in Los Angeles on April 21. A married man falls for a trans woman in Joyland , the first Pakistani feature to play in Cannes.

‘Joyland’: So much more than a trans love story The theme of repression in a regimented society percolates throughout this melancholy and lovely Pakistani film May 22, 2023 More than 2 years ago ...

Last year, a small independent movie by a debut director premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Called “Joyland,” it was notably the first Pakistani feature to screen at the world’s most ...