'Pakistan Bans Oscar Contender ‘Joyland’
Contender ‘Joyland’
The government
of Pakistan has banned Saim Sadiq’s Oscar contender “Joyland” for containing “highly objectionable” material
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Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting says that the country’s censor board had granted
Variety reached
out to Sadiq and the film’s producers who are offering no comment at this
Set in
Lahore, Pakistan, “Joyland” revolves around Haider, the youngest son of the middle-class, patriarchal Rana family
As the
Ranas yearn for the birth of a baby boy, Haider secretly joins an erotic dance
Their love
story illuminates the secrets and desires of the entire Rana family
The film
debuted at the Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes earlier this year, where it won
Nobel laureate
Malala Yousafzai has joined the project as an executive producer
It is
Pakistan’s entry in the Oscars’ international feature category
On Friday,
it won the Asia Pacific Screen Awards’ young cinema award, given in partnership with critics’
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