Joyland
As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.
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Cast
33 people
Ali Junejo
Haider
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Rasti Farooq
Mumtaz
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Alina Khan
Biba
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Chandni
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Sarwat Gilani
Nucchi
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Churails
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
Salmaan Peerzada
Father
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Twisted Nerve
Sohail Sameer
Saleem
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Suno Chanda
Tere Bin
Sania Saeed
Fayyaz
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Aseer Zadi
Meri Guriya
Ramiz Law
Qaiser
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Dance Kahani
Honey Albela
Ashfaq Saab
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Bol
Drame Aale
Priya Usman Khan
Shabnam Rani
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Honey
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Shahbaz Rafiq
Nenson
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Saim Sadiq Director · Maggie Briggs Screenplay Abdullah Siddiqui Composer
Worldwide gross $1.2M · United States release April 7, 2023 · Produced in Pakistan, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Production
all caps
Production
Khoosat Films
Production
Pakistan · United States
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Languages
Original title
جوائے لینڈ
Original language
Urdu
Spoken on screen
Punjabi · Urdu
Release dates
France · May 23, 2022
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · April 7, 2023
Limited theatrical · New York, NY
United States
November 5, 2022 · Premiere · AFI Fest
January 20, 2023 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
April 21, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, CA
Australia
November 13, 2022 · Premiere · Melbourne Queer Film Festival
September 17, 2023 · Premiere · Darwin International Film Festival
Austria
March 1, 2024 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 18, 2022 · Limited theatrical
Canada
September 12, 2022 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
November 18, 2022 · Limited theatrical
Finland
September 16, 2022 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
November 18, 2022 · Limited theatrical
France
December 28, 2022 · Theatrical
April 4, 2023 · Digital · VOD
April 4, 2023 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Germany
November 9, 2023 · Theatrical
Greece
January 26, 2023 · Theatrical
India
November 5, 2022 · Premiere · Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF)
December 18, 2022 · Premiere · Kolkata International Film Festival
March 24, 2023 · Premiere · Habitat International Film Festival
July 4, 2023 · Digital · VOD
December 1, 2023 · Digital · MUBI
Indonesia
December 2, 2022 · Premiere · Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Ireland
October 8, 2022 · Premiere · IndieCork Festival
February 24, 2023 · Theatrical
Japan
October 18, 2024 · Theatrical
Macao SAR China
February 3, 2023 · Premiere · Macao International Queer Film Festival
Mexico
March 13, 2025 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 18, 2022 · Limited theatrical
November 18, 2022 · Theatrical
Norway
November 18, 2022 · Limited theatrical
Pakistan
November 18, 2022 · Limited theatrical
Portugal
September 17, 2022 · Premiere · Queer Lisboa International Queer Film Festival
November 18, 2022 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 6, 2022 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
December 13, 2023 · Theatrical
Spain
February 10, 2023 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 18, 2022 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 23, 2022 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
Türkiye
June 16, 2023 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 6, 2022 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
February 24, 2023 · Theatrical
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