'It has strong characters who are both complex and real.
' Joyland will echo across the world,' Corsini said. 'It's a very powerful film, that represents everything that we stand for,' jury head, French director Catherine Corsini, told AFP.Ĭorsini herself took the award last year with La Fracture which features a lesbian couple's relationship against the backdrop of the 'Yellow Vest' movement. It is the first-ever Pakistani competitive entry at the Cannes festival where it is part of the 'Un Certain Regard' segment that focuses on young, innovative cinema talent.
Joyland by director Saim Sadiq, a tale of sexual revolution, tells the story of the youngest son in a patriarchal family who is expected to produce a baby boy with his wife but joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for the troupe's director, a trans woman.
A Pakistani movie featuring a daring portrait of a transgender dancer in the Muslim country on Friday won the Cannes 'Queer Palm' prize for best LGBT, 'queer' or feminist-themed movie, the jury head told AFP.
