Balestra (2024)
Joanna is a competitive fencer at the end of her career who is desperate to be the world’s best. In order to gain an edge, she pursues an experimental technology, allowing her to train via lucid dreaming, where she begins a tumultuous affair with her instructor that threatens her real world marriage and her pathway to Olympic gold.
Director:
Nicole Dorsey
Writer:
Imran Zaidi
 |
Cush Jumbo as Joanna Bathory |
 |
Manny Jacinto as Elliot |
 |
James Badge Dale as Raph |
 |
Christin Park as Audie Zimmer |
 |
Luke Bilyk as Wade |
 |
Heather Doerksen as Dr. Helena Sutro |
 |
Stephen Lobo as Owen |
 |
Claude Knowlton as Leo |
 |
Lori Triolo as Detective Fiorino |
 |
Jason William Day as Police officer #1 |
 |
Johnson Phan as Detective Tran |
 |
Annette Reilly as Paris referee #3 |
 |
Sharon Crandall as Dr. Lambright |
 |
Michele Goyns as Misha Crane |
 |
Sofia Skates as Fencing girl |
 |
Paul Almeida as Denver NAC official |
 |
Jeff Gladstone as Paris referee #1 |
 |
Natalie Farrow as Ivy |
 |
Michael A. Cheng as World Fencing Referee |
 |
Hannah Duke as Neera |
 |
Holly Clarke as Zana Hadzic |
 |
Marie Marolle as Paris Referee #2 |
|
Matteo Friend as Fencing student |
|
Lori O'Connell as Denver referee |
 |
Uri Burstyn as Cincinnati referee |
|
Holly Hawkins as Zana Hadzik |
| Production | Cush Jumbo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Imran Zaidi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Paul-E Audet | Producer |
| Production | Jesse Savath | Executive Producer |
| Production | Chris Ferguson | Producer |
| Production | Nicole Dorsey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Brian Kavanaugh-Jones | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brooke Wilcox | Costume Designer |
| Editing | Véronique Barbe | Editor |
| Production | Caitlin Byrnes | Production Designer |
| Sound | Simon Bertrand | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Tania Rahimikhoshavaz | Set Decoration |
| Art | Brodie Kitchen | Art Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sekyiwa Wi-Afedzi | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Nicole Dorsey | Director |
| Camera | Christophe Collette | Director of Photography |
| Production | Pierre Even | Producer |
| Writing | Imran Zaidi | Screenplay |
| Production | Jean-François Campeau | Production Designer |
| Writing | Aron Eli Coleite | Story |
| Production | Aron Eli Coleite | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Geneviève Roberge | Assistant Editor |
