Slackistan is an independent film directed by London-based filmmaker, Hammad Khan, and written by Khan and his wife, Shandana Ayub. The film stars Shahbaz Hamid Shigri, Aisha Linnea Akhtar, Ali Rehman Khan, Shahana Khan Khalil, Osman Khalid Butt, Khalid Saeed, and Rafey Alam. The film is distributed by Big Upstairs Films.Inspired by the Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker, Slackistan debuted (first 10 minutes) at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in the Marche du Film section. It was also screened at a number of festivals, in such locations as London, Abu Dhabi, New York City, San Francisco, and Goa. It was banned in Pakistan.