Pakistani feature film ‘Joyland’ wins Cannes Sidebar Jury Prize

On Friday, newcomer Saim Sadiq’s Pakistani movie “Joyland” gained the Jury Prize withinside the Un Certain Regard segment of the seventy fifth Cannes Film Festival, making it the primary movie from the subcontinent to do so. The French movie “Les Pires” (The Worst Ones), directed with the aid of using the Paris-primarily based totally directorial duo Lisa Akoka and Romane Gueret, turned into pipped to the segment’s maximum award, the Un Certain Regard Prize, with the aid of using “Joyland,” a drama approximately a Lahore own circle of relatives withinside the grip of deep-rooted sexism.

“Les Pires” is the second one female-directed movie to win the award in years. Kira Kivalenko’s “Unclenching the Fists” earned the Un Certain Regard prize final year. For the relatively modest Pakistani movie industry, the Oscar for “Joyland” indicates a worldwide leap forward of unattainable dimensions. On Friday, “Joyland” turned into additionally offered the Prix Queer Palm, which turned into chaired with the aid of using filmmaker Catherine Corsini. A transwoman, performed with the aid of using real-lifestyles transwoman Alina Khan, is one of the number one protagonists withinside the movie.

The Romanian director Alexandre Belc gained the Un Certain Regard Best Director Award for “Metronom,” whilst Israeli-Palestinian director Maha Haj gained the Best Screenplay Award for “Mediterranean Fever.” Vicky Krieps of Luxembourg shared the nice appearing award with French actor Adam Bessa for his function in Nathan Lotfy’s “Harka” in Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage.” Valeria Golino, an Italian producer, director, and actor, presided over the Un Certain Regard jury.