[1][2] Joyland also won the Queer Palm award during its world premiere at Cannes.
He graduated with a BSc with honors in anthropology from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2014.
He obtained his MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 2019.
[3][4] His first short, Nice Talking To You, was an official selection at SXSW 2019, Palm Springs 2019,[5] and was a BAFTA Shortlist for Best Student Film.
[10] Sadiq has said that his filmmaking has been inspired by his family, and by his discovery of a theater community in Lahore that is only a 10-minute ride from his childhood home.