US distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories to release Pakistani film Joyland

• Pakistani film ‘Joyland’ will be available to watch in cinemas this year.
• Sean Baker of films The Florida Project, Red Rocket, and Tangerine took to Twitter to promote the film.
• Oscilloscope Laboratories also announced that Joyland has joined their “O-Scope family”.

Joyland, Pakistan’s Cannes Award-winning and potential International Oscar contender has gained yet another foreign supporter. Sean Baker, who has worked on the movies The Florida Project, Red Rocket, and Tangerine, expressed his appreciation for the US distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories’ choice to release the movie there on Twitter.

Announcing the news on Twitter, the director wrote: “Great news. The lovely movie by Saim Sadiq will be released via Oscilloscope. is the first Pakistani film to be included on the Oscars shortlist.

As they are thrilled to premiere the highly “captivating and vital” Pakistani film, Oscilloscope Laboratories also tweeted that Joyland has joined their “O-Scope family.” Additionally, the distribution business disclosed that it will be shown in theatres this year.

Great news. Oscilloscope is releasing Saim Sadiq’s beautiful film. Happens to be the first Pakistani film to be shortlisted for the Oscars. https://t.co/dG6glyERa1

— sean baker (@Lilfilm) January 8, 2023

Baker’s tweet was reposted on the movie Joyland’s official Instagram account, which said “We love Florida Project, Tangerine and Red Rocket and to have the support of the filmmaker who gave us these gems means the world. Thank you Sean Baker.”

For those who don’t know, rapper Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys owns Oscilloscope Laboratories, an independent film distribution company. The business, which is based in New York, features a recording studio and filmmaking resources.

The announcement follows Joyland, a movie by Sadiq, being named to the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film shortlist. This year, it will compete at the 95th Academy Awards in March among films including Argentina’s Argentina, 1985, Austria’s Corsage, France’s Saint Omer, Morocco’s The Blue Caftan, and India’s Last Film Show, among others.

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