“Joyland” earned multiple prizes as Pakistan’s first feature film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival. But back home, protests and political backlash led to...
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 Yousafzai even joined on as executive producer. But back home, protests and political backlash against its subject matter led to the film being banned for many Pakistani viewers., set in the city of Lahore, Pakistan, explores a love triangle involving a married couple and a transgender woman.
A week before Sadiq’s film was set to release nationally in November, it was banned by Pakistan’s information and broadcasting ministry for complaints that it “contains highly objectionable material which does not conform with the social values and moral standards of our society,” according to a statement.
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