JOYLAND

A patriarchal family as they yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, while their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet.

Still banned in some parts of Pakistan, Saim Sadiq’s groundbreaking, Cannes-winning debut rides the dangerous wave between repression and desire with striking intimacy. A queer love story whose sensuous electricity and shimmering vibrancy dare to unravel the restrictive knots of patriarchal values.