Tag: Sarwat Gilani

• Joyland—Queer Pakistani Film is Transcendent

  

  Saim Sadiq delivers a remarkable directorial debut in Joyland, the first Pakistani film to premiere at Cannes Film Festival. In addition to its Cannes acclaim, Sadiq’s film is the country’s first-ever Oscar-shortlisted film in the international category and, according to The Guardian, “the first major Pakistani motion picture to feature a trans actor in a lead…

  Joshua Polanski

  May 9, 2023

  Cinema, Reviews

  Ali Junejo, Bay Area Reporter, Joyland, queer, Rasti Farooq, Saim Sadiq, Salmaan Peerzada, Sarwat Gilani, Sohail Sameer