Via PTI
CANNES: Pakistani movie “Joyland”, written and directed through debutant Saim Sadiq, gained the Jury Prize within the Un Sure Regard segment of the seventy fifth Cannes Movie Competition on Friday, turning into the first-ever movie from the subcontinent to bag the award.
“Joyland”, a drama a couple of Lahore circle of relatives within the company grip of deep-rooted patriarchy, used to be pipped to the segment’s best award, the Un Sure Regard Prize, through the French movie “Les Pires” (The Worst Ones), helmed through the Paris-based directing duo of Lisa Akoka and Romane Gueret.
“Les Pires” is the second one female-helmed movie in two years to win the coveted award. Final yr, the Un Sure Regard prize used to be gained through Kira Kivalenko’s “Unclenching the Fists”.
The award for “Joyland” represents an international step forward of immeasurable proportions for the somewhat small Pakistani film business. By the way, “Joyland” additionally gained the Prix Queer Palm, awarded through Jury chaired through filmmaker Catherine Corsini on Friday.
Some of the central characters within the movie is a transwoman performed through a real-life transwoman Alina Khan The Un Sure Regard Very best Director Award went to the Romanian director Alexandre Belc for “Metronom”, whilst the Very best Screenplay Prize used to be bagged through the Israeli-Palestinian director Maha Haj for “Mediterranean Fever”.
Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps, for her efficiency in Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage”, shared the most productive performing award with French actor Adam Bessa’s flip in Nathan Lotfy’s “Harka”. The Un Sure Regard jury used to be chaired through Italian producer-director-actress Valeria Golino.
