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As the Ranas - a happily patriarchal joint family - yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion.
Directed By
Directed, Written & Produced By
Saim Sadiq
Produced By
Directed, Written & Produced By
Apoorva Guru Charan, Sarmad Khoosat, Lauren Mann, Kathryn M. Moseley, Oliver Ridge, April Shih, Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Executive producers
Directed, Written & Produced By
Malala Yousafzai, Riz Ahmed, Ramin Bahrani, Jemima Khan, William Olsson, Jen Goyne Blake, Tiffany Boyle, Elsa Ramo, Oleg Dubson, Kathrin Lohmann, Hari Charana Prasad, Sukanya Puvvula, Owais Ahmed
Featuring
Starring
Salmaan Peerzada, Sarwat Gilani, Rasti Farooq, Ali Junejo, Sania Saeed, Alina Khan, Sohail Sameer
2022
126 mins
Digital, Color
Joyland remains a thoughtful, well performed and engrossing drama set in a culture that’s shifting, and not always with ease.
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Sadiq’s film is infused with a sense of compassion for his family of characters.
"Joyland” rides a fine line between sweet and foreboding right from its opening shot
Sadiq has a gift for mood-setting.
Distribution
North America
Oscilloscope Labs
140 Havermeyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
International Sales
Film Constellation
Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, UK
In Development
As the Ranas - a happily patriarchal joint family - yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion.
Directed By
Directed, Written & Produced By
Saim Sadiq
Produced By
Directed, Written & Produced By
Apoorva Guru Charan, Sarmad Khoosat, Lauren Mann, Kathryn M. Moseley, Oliver Ridge, April Shih, Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Executive producers
Directed, Written & Produced By
Malala Yousafzai, Riz Ahmed, Ramin Bahrani, Jemima Khan, William Olsson, Jen Goyne Blake, Tiffany Boyle, Elsa Ramo, Oleg Dubson, Kathrin Lohmann, Hari Charana Prasad, Sukanya Puvvula, Owais Ahmed
Featuring
Starring
Salmaan Peerzada, Sarwat Gilani, Rasti Farooq, Ali Junejo, Sania Saeed, Alina Khan, Sohail Sameer
2022
126 mins
Digital, Color
Joyland remains a thoughtful, well performed and engrossing drama set in a culture that’s shifting, and not always with ease.
Sadiq’s film is infused with a sense of compassion for his family of characters.
"Joyland” rides a fine line between sweet and foreboding right from its opening shot
Sadiq has a gift for mood-setting.
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