{"id":7586,"date":"2019-09-08T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2019-09-23T22:14:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T20:14:04","slug":"usa-out-movie-starring-trans-actor-wins-major-award-at-venice-film-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/en\/usa-out-movie-starring-trans-actor-wins-major-award-at-venice-film-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Usa, Out: Movie Starring Trans Actor Wins Major Award at Venice Film Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Darling is the first Pakistani film to be screened at Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Venice Film Festival has awarded Pakistani short film Darling the prestigious Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film. Starring trans actress Alina Khan, the film is set in Lahore, which is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. According to IMDb, the short tells the story of \u201ca dreamy trans girl\u201d who \u201cdesperately tries to become a star and a na\u00efve young boy\u201d who falls in love with her.<\/p>\n

The film, which was directed by Saim Sadiq, marks Khan\u2019s acting debut.<\/p>\n

According to Pakistan\u2019s The Nation, Darling \u201ctackles the lack of transgender representation in the country’s visual arts and is bound to engage with \u2026 relationships that have previously not been the subject of films in Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Darling is the first Pakistani film to be screened at Venice and the first to win an award.<\/p>\n

The movie appears to also be the first film starring a trans actor to be recognized by the festival\u2019s jury, although Venice has awarded trans-themed films before. The Danish Girl, Summer Nights, and The Weight all won the Queer Lion<\/strong>, although their transgender leads were played by cis actors.<\/p>\n

The short has also been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Sadiq’s previous short film, Nice Talking To You, toured film festivals throughout the United States, including South by Southwest and the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. It won Vimeo\u2019s Best Director Award at the Columbia University Film Festival last year.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Arab News, Sadiq said Darling\u2019s big win at Venice was completely unexpected. \u201cI sent it in during the open submission call with zero expectations that it would be chosen,\u201d he said. \u201cThrough luck or something, we got in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other wins at Venice included Todd Phillips\u2019 Joker, which took home the Golden Lion, Venice\u2019s top prize, while controversial director Roman Polanski won the Silver Lion for An Officer and a Spy. Polanski is a fugitive from justice following a 1978 statutory rape conviction and has faced other allegations of sexual assault, and his much-criticized selection was viewed as indicative of an overall lack of diversity among films tapped to compete.<\/p>\n

Out<\/a> by Serena Sonoma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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