Joyland
Thursday, 10 November 2022
7:15pm (AEST)
HOTA, Home of the Arts
135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise QLD 4215
Winner of the 2022 Asia Pacific Screen Awards Young Cinema Award
As the happily patriarchal Rana family craves for the birth of a baby boy, the youngest of the Rana men secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and finds himself falling for a fiercely ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion. The first Pakistani film to screen at Cannes, Joyland is a heartfelt family drama and romance that reveals the ways social taboos can restrict our true selves. Winner of the Cannes Queer Palm prize for best LGBT, queer or feminist-themed movie.
DETAILS
Director: Saim Sadiq
Writers: Saim Sadiq, Maggie Briggs
Producers: Apoorva Charan, Sarmad Khoosat, Lauren Mann, Tiffany Boyle, Elsa Ramo, Hari Charana
Cast: Rasti Farooq, Sarwat Gilani, Ali Junejo, Alina Khan
Country: Pakistan
Language: Urdu, Punjabi
Running time: 126 mins
Classification: Unclassified 15+
Buy tickets: HOTA Website
This screening is presented by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy in partnership with HOTA, Home of the Arts.
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