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Join us for a screening of Joyland (2022), followed by a conversation with the film's director, Saim Sadiq, who will be joining live via Zoom.Â
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Light refreshments will be served.Â
About the Film
The first Pakistani film to debut at Cannes — winning both the Jury Prize and the Queer Palm — Joyland explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. When the youngest son of a tradition-bound Lahore family secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet, the steadfast dynamics of his household are irrevocably shaken. Â
About Saim Sadiq
Saim Sadiq is a Pakistani filmmaker whose film Joyland is the first Pakistani feature to premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard where it won the Jury Prize. His short film Darling was the first Pakistani film to premiere at the 76th Venice Film Festival, where it won the Orrizonti Prize for Best Short Film. DARLING was also an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019, won a Special Jury Mention award at South by Southwest 2020 and was acquired for distribution by Focus Features. Sadiq received his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the Lahore University of Management Sciences and his MFA in film directing from Columbia University.
About the Screening Series
Presented by SexTech Lab in collaboration with the Philosophy Film Club and Ruff Cuts, the series is a cross-disciplinary initiative that engages with film as an intellectual and cultural work to be discussed, debated, and thought with. The series draws on New York City’s extraordinary density of critics, journalists, artists, filmmakers, and public scholars in our orbit, bringing them into dialogue with internal experts at The New School, moderated by students across departments and programs. Each event pairs a screening with dialogue that approaches cinema through historical, philosophical, political, and psychological lenses, showing how public debate, academic inquiry, and applied industry insight can sharpen one another.
Contact ozoguzs@newschool.edu to be added to the mailing list for future screenings.
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