Cannes, May 27: Lahore-based Saim Sadiq has made history as the first Pakistani writer-director to premiere a film as part of the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Introducing his debut feature “Joyland” at its unveiling at the ongoing 75th edition of the festival, Sadiq, who has an MFA from Columbia University, said: “My life from now on will be pre-Joyland and post-Joyland.” The 31-year-old director’s film, given the enthusiastic response it has elicited here, is in with a […]
CANNES: The debut screening of Pakistan’s first entry to the Cannes Film Festival felt like “a dream has come true,” one of its stars, Sarwat Gilani, said after the film received a prolonged standing ovation. The movie, “Joyland,” seeks to break gender stereotypes in the country. “It felt like the hard work that people do, the struggles that we face as artists in Pakistan,