Pakistan’s Oscars Selection Committee has selected the film ‘Joyland’ for Pakistan’s nomination in the ‘World Feature Film Award’ category of the 95th Academy Awards to be held in 2023.
The committee of the Oscars awards will nominate 15 films after watching the films sent from all countries on December 21 this year, while the final five nominations will be announced on January 24.
The Oscars Awards will be held on March 12 next year. Pakistan’s selection committee is chaired by two-time Oscar-winning director Sherman Obaid Chinoy.
Along with him in the committee there were famous actors, directors and writers from different walks of life including Ali Sethi, Umar Shahid Hamid, Rafi Mehmood, Samina Ahmed, Jerjis Seja, B Gul, Rizwan Baig, Mo Azmi and Zeba Bakhtiar are included.
Joyland is directed by Saeem Sadiq and produced by Sarmad Khost.
The story of ‘Joyland’ is about a family in Lahore where the youngest son of the house, who was expected to carry the generation forward by having a son, joins a dance theater and falls in love with a transgender girl. becomes
The main requirement for a film to be recommended for final nomination for the Oscars is that the film has been screened in a commercial cinema in its home country for at least one week between January 1 and November 30, 2022.
The decision of this committee is made by referendum.
Sherman Obaid Chinoy said that the film Joyland gives hope that Pakistani films will also make their mark on the screens of the world. ‘We are delighted to be sending our best film to compete at the Oscars. This may be the year we get noticed there.’
It should be remembered that Joyland has not yet been released in Pakistan, it is expected to be released on November 18.
Earlier, Joyland won the Jury Award at Cannes International Film Festival held in France.
It is the first film to win an award in this category at Cannes.
In September this year, the Central and Provincial Censor Boards of Pakistan issued certificates allowing its exhibition.
Talking to Independent Urdu about the nomination, the film’s director Saeem Sadiq said, “It has now become a responsibility because it is a great honor that this film has received.”
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Saim said that he is very grateful that his film will represent Pakistan at the Oscars and hopes that he can do something for the country.
Joyland lead actor Ali Junejo said that this is a great opportunity for him, it is an honor for him and he is deeply grateful for this recognition.
Ever since the renaissance of Pakistani cinema, Pakistan sends one film every year for nomination at the Oscars. However, so far none of the films have made it to the final nominations of the Oscars.
Interestingly, till now only two films from India, ‘Salam Bombay’ in 1989 and ‘Lagaan’ in 2001, have made it to the final nominations.
This journey of revival of Pakistani cinema started in 2013 with the Pakistani film ‘Zinda Bhaag’, followed by the film ‘Dakhtar’ in 2014, the film ‘Moor’ in 2015, the film ‘Mah-e-Mir’ in 2016, the film ‘Saawan’ in 2017. , the film ‘Cake’ in 2018, ‘Lal Kabotar’ in 2019, the film ‘Zindagi Tamasha’ in 2020 were officially nominated by Pakistan at the Oscars.
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2024-09-30 16:28:28
