We have reached the middle of 2022 and already this has been a good year for the Pakistani entertainment industry with how our talent doesn’t just receive praises nationally but is also transcending borders. Songs like Pasoori were in the Spotify list of Top 50 songs, and then Arooj Aftab won a Grammy, and now Saim Sadiq’s film “Joyland” has received positive feedback as well as a 10 minute standing ovation at the Cannes film festival
Standing ovation for debuts can be so damn overwhelming … #joyland is a tender heartbreaker of a film … Reminding me of our own #Masaan back in 2015 … pic.twitter.com/LT1ILJzspo
— Namrata Joshi (@Namrata_Joshi) May 23, 2022
This is an incredibly proud moment for Pakistani filmmakers that for the first time, a Pakistani film starring a transgender actress received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. And all Pakistanis reacted with tears of happiness and joy
Such a moment of pride to see #Joyland receive a standing ovation at Cannes, and the immense praise its received.
The doors this will open, the strength this will give to the new wave of Pakistani cinema. Just – wow.
Congratulations to the entire team.
Can’t 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 to watch.— Osman Khalid Butt (@aClockworkObi) May 24, 2022
even i am about to cry. so happy for the team of #joyland. truly well deserved. @Festival_Cannes https://t.co/CD9IzUATkH
— Zoya Rehman (@pind_wave) May 23, 2022
Bursting with pride and joy! Congratulations team #joyland !! Congratulations Pakistan!
🎉💞🇵🇰 @SaimSadiq14 @sarwatgilani #sarmadkhoosat #alinakhan #saniasaeed https://t.co/jJyK3sOL5G— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) May 23, 2022
In some good news: Standing ovation at @Festival_Cannes for our very own #Joyland
Love for the entire team! You’ve made Pakistan proud.For the Pakistani “film industry”: This is how you make a “film”. Speaks for itself. Stretched dramas padded with Bollywood chaapa aren’t it. https://t.co/OyVlj36VM2
— Nuzhat. (@guldaar) May 23, 2022
#Joyland The thankful tears of Saim Sadiq who was very emotional after the movie : pic.twitter.com/lBAQEPeSWl
— Rose Harlean (@RoseHarlean) May 23, 2022
Ufff goosebumps – how utterly brilliant – bauhat, bauhat mubarik to team #Joyland, what a magnificent moment for the first Pakistani film at Cannes. https://t.co/hTsJmABXlN
— Mina Malik-Hussain (@cyclestand4) May 24, 2022
Like the rest of Pakistanis we are super happy and over whelmed with how our talent is transcending international borders and giving proof that we are such talented and hard working people. Congratulations to the entire “Joyland” team, we hope that this is just the start, and there is more success to come soon.
