Pakistan has reversed a ban on Joyland, the country’s official submission for the Best International Feature Oscar. The film has now been cleared for theatrical release in its home country, though …
Set in Lahore, the film revolves around a Pakistani family whose youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls in love with a trans woman.won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes last May and was the first Pakistani movie ever in official selection at the festival. It has enjoyed a strong fest run since.
But, Pakistan’s Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting banned the movie just one week before its local theatrical release for containing “highly objectionable material.” The Ministry appeared to be reacting to social media campaigns, circulating on Twitter and Instagram over the past few weeks, that claimed the film contravened the social values of Islam and Pakistan.
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