In Video: Trailer of Saim Sadiq’s debut feature ‘Joyland’

The UK trailer of Saim Sadiq’s debut feature ‘Joyland’ has been released.

‘Joyland’ was the first film by a Pakistani director to win at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. It received the Queer Palme Award at Cannes as well as Special Jury Mention at SXSW and an Honourable Mention for the Sutherland Award at the London Film Festival. ‘Joyland’ is the first feature film from Pakistan to make the shortlist for the Academy Awards.

The feature follows a patriarchal family as they yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, while their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story begins to illuminate the entire family’s desire for a sexual rebellion.

The film stars Ali Junejo, Alina Khan, Rasti Farooq, Sarwat Gilani, Sohail Sameer, Salman Peerzada and Sania Saeed. Cinematography is by Joe Saade.