Punjabi

  • Saim Sadiq – Joyland (2022)

    2021-2030DramaPakistanQueer Cinema(s)Saim Sadiq

    As the happily patriarchal Rana family craves for the birth of a baby boy, the youngest of the Rana men secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and finds himself falling for a fiercely ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion.Read More »

  • Gurvinder Singh – Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan AKA Alms for a Blind Horse (2011)

    2011-2020ArthouseDramaGurvinder SinghIndia

    From nfdcindia.com:
    Gurvinder Singh’s first Punjabi feature film Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan based on Punjabi novelist and Jnanpeeth Award winner Professor Gurdial Singh’s novel tries to bring to screen the effect that years of subordination can bring to struggling masses in the face of events spinning beyond their control. Devoid of the power to change course of their own destiny and the invisible violence of power equations. AGDD reflects the simmering discontent etched on their faces.

    The film was nominated as the Top Ten Best Films of the World in 2011 by the US Journal Film Comment!.Read More »

  • Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen – Izzat (2005)

    2001-2010ActionCrimeNordic NoirNorwayUlrik Imtiaz Rolfsen

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    Izzat paints an image of Oslo, Norway’s capital, and its crime-environment in the mid-90’s. We follow Wasim and his involvement in Eastside Crew, the crime-gang mostly consisting of second-generation Pakistanis in Norway. What makes this movie extra special, is the realness of it all. Based on actual events, the film marks a flashy debut for Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, the director.Read More »

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