Sana Jafri
Directing
Known For

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.
Joyland

A school teacher becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame comes with its own challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets and secret identities
One of a Kind

An allegorical day-in-the-life adventure lived through the eyes of a naive, determined Yasmeen in search of her missing homework assignment, while the pressures of the adult world threaten her and her rural mountain village in Pakistan.
Yasmeen's Element

Pakistan, 2071. There have been no reported instances of terrorism or violent crime in over 30 years. The cost: the systemic subjugation of all human emotion.
City of Smiles

In Lahore, 26-year-old Fatin and her mother Yasmeen prepare for a neighborhood wedding when Yasmeen’s 70-year-old brother-in-law, Shabeer, unexpectedly arrives for the wedding and medical tests. Fatin, uncomfortable due to past abuse, faces pressure to care for him, including driving him to his appointments, forcing her to confront unresolved trauma while balancing family obligations.
Permanent Guest

The relationship between a responsible boy and his precocious younger sister becomes strained when an unspoken truth dares to surface.
Pakeeza

A transgender woman encourages her long-term boyfriend to marry a woman of his family’s choosing.
Happy Marriage

A teenage boy who has a passion for drumming, but lives in a family that does not support his ambitions. He feels suppressed and afraid to express his true self because of the pressures of his family, leading him to mockingly play the drums in secret in the bathroom, which is his only safe space within the house.