Joika

By James Napier Robertson

Synopsis

Joy Wom­ack, a 15-year-old bal­le­ri­na, leaves her fam­i­ly home in Texas and flies to Moscow after mak­ing his­to­ry by being accept­ed into the Bol­shoi Bal­let Acad­e­my. Joy’s dream is to grad­u­ate from the Acad­e­my and become a pri­ma bal­le­ri­na at the elite Bol­shoi Com­pa­ny. But the com­pe­ti­tion is fierce and her leg­endary teacher, Tatiyana Volko­va, demands immense com­mit­ment from her stu­dents. To fol­low her dream, Joy will have to make increas­ing­ly extreme sac­ri­fices, even if it means putting her­self in danger…

By : James Napier Robertson
Year : 2023
Duration : 1h50
With : Talia Ryder, Diane Kruger, Oleg Ivenko, Natasha Alderslade, Tamila Dudnik
Nationality : USA, New Zealand & Poland 

In Eng­lish & Russ­ian with French sub­ti­tles 

Pro­duc­tion

Belin­dalee Hope, Klau­dia Smie­ja-Ros­t­worows­ka & Tom Hern

Script 

James Napi­er Robertson

Cin­e­matog­ra­phy

Tomasz Nau­miuk

Edit­ing 

Chris Plum­mer & Mar­tin Brinkler

Music 

Dana Lund

Dis­tri­b­u­tion

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