The Filmmaker’s Podcast #329: ‘Joyland’ with director & writer Saim Sadiq
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #329: Making award-winning indie ‘Joyland’ with director and writer Saim Sadiq
On this episode we talk to award winning writer and director Saim Sadiq on his Pakistani trans culture feature debut Joyland. Giles Alderson, Tori Butler-Hart & Matthew Butler-Hart chat with Saim about:
- Where ideas come from
- Pakistani film-making
- How he raised the finance
- Short to feature process
- Trans culture
- Patriarchy and creative desire
- His writing process and collaboration
- Why you need to be patient as a director
- Editing process and why he shot the film in 4:3
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