Joyland
very strong language, strong sex, discrimination, suicide
Director(s)Saim Sadiq
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes127m
CastAli Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani, Salmaan Peerzada, Sohail Sameer, Sania Saeed, Ramiz Law, Honey Albela, Priya Usman Khan, Saim Sadiq, Saim Sadiq, Apoorva Guru Charan, Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Lauren Mann, Kathryn M. Moseley, Abdullah Siddiqui, Joe Saade, Saim Sadiq, Jasmin Tenucci
Joyland
very strong language, strong sex, discrimination, suicide
JOYLAND is an Urdu and Punjabi language drama in which a husband struggling in the confines of his extended family becom ...
JOYLAND is an Urdu and Punjabi language drama in which a husband struggling in the confines of his extended family becomes enamoured of a transsexual dancer.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k', ‘motherf**ker’, 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘piss’, ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘son of a bitch’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A man masturbates inside his pants as he engages in phone sex, and another man does the same in a different context as his wife watches him secretly and becomes aroused, rubbing herself against a shelf. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is discriminatory behaviour and language centred on transsexuality and male homosexuality, including the use of terms such as ‘faggot’ and ‘tranny’, and crass comments about whether a transsexual woman still has male genitalia. The transsexual character, whose gender reorientation is not complete, objects when a man implores her to have gay sex with him because she regards herself as a woman. There is also culturally sexist behaviour demonstrating attitudes towards women in a patriarchal society. The various forms of discrimination are not endorsed by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life by drinking an unidentified substance, and a second suicide is implied as another character walks out into the sea.
additional issues
There is moderate threat and violence. There are moderate bloody images, including in a scene where a goat is killed in undetailed fashion during the course of food preparation. There is emotional upset in a funeral scene.
mild sex references, suicide references, mental health references
Classified Date:
26/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
sex
There are mild sex references including to "having sex" and to intimacy co-ordinators on film sets. However, these are brief and undetailed.
suicide and self-harm
The interview contains brief undetailed verbal suicide references.
theme
There are brief undetailed references to mental health and depression.
very strong language, strong sex, discrimination, suicide
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k', ‘motherf**ker’, 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘piss’, ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘son of a bitch’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A man masturbates inside his pants as he engages in phone sex, and another man does the same in a different context as his wife watches him secretly and becomes aroused, rubbing herself against a shelf. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is discriminatory behaviour and language centred on transsexuality and male homosexuality, including the use of terms such as ‘faggot’ and ‘tranny’, and crass comments about whether a transsexual woman still has male genitalia. The transsexual character, whose gender reorientation is not complete, objects when a man implores her to have gay sex with him because she regards herself as a woman. There is also culturally sexist behaviour demonstrating attitudes towards women in a patriarchal society. The various forms of discrimination are not endorsed by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life by drinking an unidentified substance, and a second suicide is implied as another character walks out into the sea.
very strong language, strong sex, discrimination, suicide
Classified Date:
23/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k', ‘motherf**ker’, 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘piss’, ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘son of a bitch’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A man masturbates inside his pants as he engages in phone sex, and another man does the same in a different context as his wife watches him secretly and becomes aroused, rubbing herself against a shelf. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is discriminatory behaviour and language centred on transsexuality and male homosexuality, including the use of terms such as ‘faggot’ and ‘tranny’, and crass comments about whether a transsexual woman still has male genitalia. The transsexual character, whose gender reorientation is not complete, objects when a man implores her to have gay sex with him because she regards herself as a woman. There is also culturally sexist behaviour demonstrating attitudes towards women in a patriarchal society. The various forms of discrimination are not endorsed by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life by drinking an unidentified substance, and a second suicide is implied as another character walks out into the sea.
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
Classified Date:
07/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
Classified Date:
26/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
Classified date23/06/2023
LanguageUrdu
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k', ‘motherf**ker’, 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘piss’, ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘son of a bitch’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A man masturbates inside his pants as he engages in phone sex, and another man does the same in a different context as his wife watches him secretly and becomes aroused, rubbing herself against a shelf. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is discriminatory behaviour and language centred on transsexuality and male homosexuality, including the use of terms such as ‘faggot’ and ‘tranny’, and crass comments about whether a transsexual woman still has male genitalia. The transsexual character, whose gender reorientation is not complete, objects when a man implores her to have gay sex with him because she regards herself as a woman. There is also culturally sexist behaviour demonstrating attitudes towards women in a patriarchal society. The various forms of discrimination are not endorsed by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life by drinking an unidentified substance, and a second suicide is implied as another character walks out into the sea.
additional issues
There is moderate threat and violence. There are moderate bloody images, including in a scene where a goat is killed in undetailed fashion during the course of food preparation. There is emotional upset in a funeral scene.
Director(s)Saim Sadiq
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes127m
CastAli Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani, Salmaan Peerzada, Sohail Sameer, Sania Saeed, Ramiz Law, Honey Albela, Priya Usman Khan, Saim Sadiq, Saim Sadiq, Apoorva Guru Charan, Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Lauren Mann, Kathryn M. Moseley, Abdullah Siddiqui, Joe Saade, Saim Sadiq, Jasmin Tenucci
mild sex references, suicide references, mental health references
Classified Date:
26/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
sex
There are mild sex references including to "having sex" and to intimacy co-ordinators on film sets. However, these are brief and undetailed.
suicide and self-harm
The interview contains brief undetailed verbal suicide references.
theme
There are brief undetailed references to mental health and depression.
very strong language, strong sex, discrimination, suicide
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k', ‘motherf**ker’, 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘piss’, ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘son of a bitch’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A man masturbates inside his pants as he engages in phone sex, and another man does the same in a different context as his wife watches him secretly and becomes aroused, rubbing herself against a shelf. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is discriminatory behaviour and language centred on transsexuality and male homosexuality, including the use of terms such as ‘faggot’ and ‘tranny’, and crass comments about whether a transsexual woman still has male genitalia. The transsexual character, whose gender reorientation is not complete, objects when a man implores her to have gay sex with him because she regards herself as a woman. There is also culturally sexist behaviour demonstrating attitudes towards women in a patriarchal society. The various forms of discrimination are not endorsed by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life by drinking an unidentified substance, and a second suicide is implied as another character walks out into the sea.
very strong language, strong sex, discrimination, suicide
Classified Date:
23/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k', ‘motherf**ker’, 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘piss’, ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘son of a bitch’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A man masturbates inside his pants as he engages in phone sex, and another man does the same in a different context as his wife watches him secretly and becomes aroused, rubbing herself against a shelf. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is discriminatory behaviour and language centred on transsexuality and male homosexuality, including the use of terms such as ‘faggot’ and ‘tranny’, and crass comments about whether a transsexual woman still has male genitalia. The transsexual character, whose gender reorientation is not complete, objects when a man implores her to have gay sex with him because she regards herself as a woman. There is also culturally sexist behaviour demonstrating attitudes towards women in a patriarchal society. The various forms of discrimination are not endorsed by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life by drinking an unidentified substance, and a second suicide is implied as another character walks out into the sea.
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
Classified Date:
07/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
Classified Date:
26/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Soho Distribution Ltd
Classified date23/06/2023
LanguageUrdu
