Left Handed Films, the production company of Academy Award-winning producer and actor Riz Ahmed, has joined the Pakistani film “Joyland” as an executive producer. Written and directed b…
, as Pakistan’s official entry.
“’Joyland’ is ground-breaking. And it’s easy to get lost in all the ways that it is; the first Pakistani film at Cannes, the first award-winner, the first to be Oscar-shortlisted, and a queer love story that has overcome multiple obstacles to its release,” said Ahmed and Left Handed Films executive Allie Moore in a statement announcing the partnership. “But more important than any of the glass ceilings it smashes, is how this film so masterfully breaks our hearts.
The partnership between Sadiq, Ahmed and Left Handed Films could prove particularly advantageous for the film, given, nabbing three nominations in 2022 and its first Oscar win for “The Long Goodbye,” the live-action short film Ahmed co-wrote and starred. The company also produced Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s “Flee,” which made history as the first movie to earn nominations for best animated feature, documentary feature and international feature.
Ahmed joins a high-profile list of executive producers on the project, which also counts Malala Yousafzai, Ramin Bahrani, Jemima Khan, William Olsson, Jen Goyne Blake, Tiffany Boyle, Elsa Ramo, Oleg Dubson, Kathrin Lohmann, Hari Charana Prasad, Sukanya Puvvula and Owais Ahmed as executive producers.
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