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 prestigious ...

Left Handed Films, the production company of Academy Award-winning producer and actor Riz Ahmed, has joined the Pakistani film “Joyland” as an executive producer. Written and directed by Saim Sadiq, ...

Oscilloscope Laboratories’ Cannes Jury Prize Winner and Independent Spirit international film winner Joyland led New York’s Film Forum to one of its biggest opening weekends for a foreign language ...

A gentle man falls for a brassy trans woman in “Joyland,” but that’s not exactly what this lyrical, well-acted Pakistani drama is about. With its multiple intersecting narratives, writer-director Saim ...

A year ago, Joyland took home multiple prizes as Pakistan's first feature film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival. The independent film was the country's official entry to the Oscars, and Malala ...

Saim Sadiq’s feature “Joyland,” which includes a transgender woman’s love affair, cannot be shown in Pakistan’s Punjab Province. By Carlos Aguilar Reporting from Hollywood, Calif. Over the past year, ...

Last May an ensemble of actors and filmmakers from Pakistan walked the legendary carpet into the Cannes Film Festival to make national and film history. Joyland became the first feature film from ...

Last year, a film called “The Legend of Maula Jatt,” based on a 1979 cult classic, became the most successful Pakistani film in history. The opening scene depicts the grisly murder of the Jatt family; ...

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 feature. But even as it was ...

A year ago, "Joyland" took home multiple prizes as Pakistan’s first feature film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival. The independent film was the country’s official entry to the Oscars, and Malala ...