JOIKA

synopsis

American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.

original title:	Joika
country:	United States, New Zealand, Poland
sales agent:	Embankment Films
year:	2023
genre:	fiction
directed by:	James Napier Robertson
film run:	110'
release date:	IT 2/11/2023, PL 12/04/2024
screenplay:	James Napier Robertson
cast:	Talia Ryder, Diane Kruger, Oleg Ivenko, Natasha Alderslade, Natalia Osipova, Charlotte Ubben, Borys Szyc, Karolina Gruszka, Tomasz Kot, Tamila Dudnik
cinematography by:	Tomasz Naumiuk
film editing:	Martin Brinkler, Chris Plummer
art director:	Joanna Kaczyńska
costumes designer:	Katarzyna Lewińska
music:	Dana Lund
producer:	Tom Hern, Belindalee Hope, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska
co-producer:	Alex Cole-Baker, Adam Gudell
executive producer:	Sarah Caughey, Michael Černý, Paul Green, Hugo Grumbar, Tim Haslam, James Napier Robertson, Stephanie Napier, Luke Rivett, John Robertson, Philip Rose, Laurie Ross, Andrea Scarso, Peter Touche, Charlotte Ubben, Robert Walak
associate producer:	Rachel Fawcett, Jan Naszewski
line producer:	Bogna Szewczyk
production:	Madants Sp. z o.o., Anonymous Content (US), Four Knights Film (NZ)
distributor:	Eagle Pictures, Madness Distribution