{
 "id": "screen/joyland-2022",
 "class": "screen",
 "slug": "joyland-2022",
 "label": {
  "en": "Joyland",
  "ar": "جويلاند"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "فيلم باكستاني لصائم صادق عن أسرة في لاهور تهتزّ حين يلتحق ابنها بفرقة رقص؛ أثار منعاً مؤقتاً وجدلاً دينياً ثم رُفع المنع وفاز بجائزة في كان.",
  "en": "Saim Sadiq's Cannes-winning film about a Lahore family shaken when the son joins a dance theatre — briefly banned in Pakistan, then released amid religious debate."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "sexuality-gender-diversity",
  "family-marriage-kinship",
  "tradition-versus-culture"
 ],
 "data": {
  "format": "film",
  "relevance": "substantial",
  "titles": [
   {
    "lang": "ur",
    "value": "جوائے لینڈ",
    "kind": "original"
   },
   {
    "lang": "en",
    "value": "Joyland",
    "kind": "release"
   }
  ],
  "released": {
   "edtf": "2022",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year"
  },
  "countries": [
   "pk"
  ],
  "languages": {
   "original": [
    "ur",
    "pa"
   ]
  },
  "depiction": {
   "prophet": "not-applicable",
   "companions": "not-applicable",
   "imams": "not-applicable"
  },
  "approach": "drama-of-muslim-life",
  "sensitivity": "mature",
  "reception": [
   {
    "kind": "ban",
    "where": [
     "pk"
    ],
    "status": "historical",
    "note": "Banned in Punjab and federal release paused, then lifted following public debate.",
    "sources": []
   },
   {
    "kind": "award",
    "note": "Jury Prize",
    "sources": [
     "source/wikidata"
    ]
   },
   {
    "kind": "award",
    "note": "Queer Palm",
    "sources": [
     "source/wikidata"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q112126298",
   "imdb": "tt19719976",
   "elcinema": "2078214"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/wikidata",
   "source/imdb",
   "source/elcinema"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High), screen-index lane; existence, year and identifiers verified against Wikidata and IMDb, 2026-10-16"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«جويلاند» فيلم عن حياة المسلمين المعاصرة صدر سنة 2022 من إنتاج باكستان، من إخراج [[person/saim-sadiq|صائم صادق]]. ومن أبرز ممثليه [[person/alina-khan|علينه خان]]، و[[person/sarwat-gilani|None]]، و[[person/sohail-sameer|سهيل سمير]]، و[[person/sania-saeed|None]]. فيلم باكستاني لصائم صادق عن أسرة في لاهور تهتزّ حين يلتحق ابنها بفرقة رقص؛ أثار منعاً مؤقتاً وجدلاً دينياً ثم رُفع المنع وفاز بجائزة في كان. {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "السياق والاستقبال",
     "markdown": "مُنع عرضه في باكستان. {cite:wikidata} ومن الجوائز والتكريمات المسجلة له: Jury Prize، Queer Palm. {cite:wikidata}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/joyland-2022",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "\"Joyland\" is a film about contemporary Muslim life, released in 2022, produced in Pakistan, directed by [[person/saim-sadiq|Saim Sadiq]]. Its leading performers include [[person/alina-khan|Alina Khan]], [[person/sarwat-gilani|None]], [[person/sohail-sameer|Sohail Sameer]] and [[person/sania-saeed|None]]. A Pakistani film by Saim Sadiq about a family in Lahore shaken when their son joins a dance troupe; it provoked a temporary ban and religious debate, and then the ban was lifted and it won a prize at Cannes. {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Context and reception",
     "markdown": "It was banned in Pakistan. {cite:wikidata} Among the awards and honours recorded for it: Jury Prize, Queer Palm. {cite:wikidata}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/joyland-2022",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-17"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«جوائے لینڈ» ایک فلم ہے جو 2022ء میں پاکستان میں بنی، جسے [[person/saim-sadiq|صائم صادق]] نے ڈائریکٹ کیا۔ اس کے نمایاں اداکاروں میں [[person/alina-khan|علینہ خان]]، [[person/sarwat-gilani|None]]، [[person/sohail-sameer|سہیل سمیر]] اور [[person/sania-saeed|None]] شامل ہیں۔ صائم صادق کی پاکستانی فلم جو لاہور کے ایک خاندان کے بارے میں ہے جو اس وقت ہل جاتا ہے جب اس کا بیٹا ایک رقص کی ٹولی میں شامل ہو جاتا ہے؛ عارضی پابندی اور مذہبی بحث کا سبب بنی، پھر پابندی ہٹی اور کانز میں ایوارڈ جیتا۔ {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سیاق اور استقبال",
     "markdown": "پاکستان میں اس کی نمائش پر پابندی لگی۔ {cite:wikidata} اس کے ریکارڈ شدہ انعامات اور اعزازات میں شامل ہیں: Jury Prize، Queer Palm۔ {cite:wikidata}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/joyland-2022",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-17"
  }
 },
 "degree": 14,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-16",
 "connections": [
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   "to": "person/alina-khan",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/sarwat-gilani",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/sohail-sameer",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/sania-saeed",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/saim-sadiq",
   "type": "directed_by",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/saim-sadiq",
   "type": "written_by",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/maggie-briggs",
   "type": "written_by",
   "inverse": false
  }
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 "related": [
  "concept/istirda-al-badiya",
  "concept/jahili-marriage-forms",
  "concept/wad",
  "screen/alif-2019",
  "screen/baraka-yuqaabil-baraka-2016",
  "screen/rami-2019",
  "building/taj-mahal",
  "concept/abawan"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}