The Latest Breaking News from Saim Sadiq

This potent debut follows a couple and a trans woman dancer navigating rigid social constraints

The director’s debut won the Cannes Jury prize, yet was denounced in his native Pakistan. He discusses masculinity, religious censorship and challenging the patriarchy

A Pakistani official says the country's Oscar entry, “Joyland,” is banned from cinemas, despite being previously approved for release

The film, which received accolades for the portrayal of a trans love affair, is banned for ‘objectionable material’.

Islamic groups denounce film that won prestigious jury prize at Cannes and has Malala Yousafzai as executive director

Set in Lahore, 'Joyland' probes how the dreams of individual choice and freedom are muzzled by a patriarchal society. The film is an extension of Sadiq's short film, 'Darling', which won the Best Short Film prize at the Venice film festival in 2019. Read more on Dynamite News:

French film wins top prize in the arthouse section, while Pakistan’s first-ever Cannes entry Joyland wins jury prize.

Director Saim Sadiq talks to Al Jazeera about his film Joyland, the first ever Pakistani entry at Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes (France) (AFP) - The first-ever Pakistani entry in a Cannes Film Festival competition has left audiences slack-jawed and admiring of its daring portrait of a transgender dancer in the Muslim country.