Joika (2023)
Wanneer de jonge en ambitieuze ballerina Joy Womack wordt toegelaten tot de academie van het Bolshoi Ballet in Moskou, maakt dat haar de eerste Amerikaanse student aan de meest prestigieuze dansopleiding ter wereld. Het is Joy’s droom om prima ballerina te worden bij het Bolshoi. Maar achter de schoonheid van dans schuilt een wereld vol pijn en harde competitie en Joy wordt gedwongen haar lichamelijke en mentale grenzen op te zoeken. Met hulp van haar lerares Tatiyana Volkova hoopt ze haar droom ondanks alle tegenslagen te kunnen verwezenlijken. Maar wordt een Amerikaanse wel geaccepteerd in de traditionele Russische danswereld? Gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal.
Regiseur: James Napier Robertson
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Talia Ryder as Joy Womack |
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Diane Kruger as Tatiyana Volkova |
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Oleg Ivenko as Nikolay Lebedev |
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Natasha Alderslade as Eleanor Womak |
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Natalia Osipova as Natalia Osipova |
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Charlotte Ubben as |
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Borys Szyc as Andrei Vadys |
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Tomasz Kot as Vitaliy Ivanov |
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Karolina Gruszka as Valeriya Lebedev |
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Martin Hugh Henley as Clay Womack |
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Ewa Rodart as Bartender |
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Tamiła Dudnik as Katya |
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Martyna Wrzesińska as Nadia |
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Weronika Juchimiuk as Alyona |
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Julia Bielska as Diana |
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Zuzanna Burak as Daria |
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Zuzanna Rutkowska as Olga |
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Marta Makurat as Polina |
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Izabella Grzyberk as Kira |
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Dominik Mironiuk as Popov |
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Dariusz Majchrzak as teacher of a male class |
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Anita Poddębniak as nurse |
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Bartosz Jakubowski as pianist |
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Andrzej Kłak as |
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Wojciech Urbański as |
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Edyta Torhan as |
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Kamil Studnicki as Fedor |
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Marek Kasprzyk as guest on the wedding |
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Sylwester Piechura as Ivanov's assistant |
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Robert Gulaczyk as |
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Arkadiusz Brykalski as |
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Maciej Nawrocki as |
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Kristóf Szabó as |
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Andrzej Andrzejewski as |
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Adam Turczyk as |
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Jakub Kozakiewicz as |
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Ewa Rodart as |
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Patrycja Volny as |
| Camera | Tomasz Naumiuk | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dana Lund | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katarzyna Lewińska | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Waldemar Pokromski | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Belindalee Hope | Producer |
| Production | Philip Rose | Executive Producer |
| Production | Laurie Ross | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrea Scarso | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Touche | Executive Producer |
| Production | Charlotte Ubben | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Walak | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Cerny | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Monika Mazur | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anne-Sophie Puget | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Bernard Sierakowski | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Katarzyna Warzecha | Assistant Director |
| Production | Anna Kasińska | Casting |
| Production | Joanna Baranowska | Casting |
| Crew | Anna Więcek | Script |
| Camera | Tomasz Karnowski | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Jacek Drofiak | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Łukasz Głaszczka | Master Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Sebastian Frąc | Key Grip |
| Camera | Igor Słupecki | Grip |
| Camera | Marcin Grzegory | Grip |
| Camera | Adam Frąc | Additional Grip |
| Visual Effects | Maciej Rynkiewicz | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Cyprian Piwowarski | VFX Supervisor |
| Art | Joanna Kaczyńska | Set Designer |
| Art | Inga Palacz | Set Decoration |
| Art | Adam Nowakowski | Props |
| Art | Oskar Dąbrowski | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Piotr Świętochowski | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Czesław Kałużny | Sculptor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomasz Ossoliński | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milena Sosulska | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beata Michalik | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maja Grau | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomasz Ciesielski | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dagmara Chałabis | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Filip Wakuła | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alicja Chmielewska | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katarzyna Torbiarczyk | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beata Rółkowska | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Szczerkowska | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ali Kosoian | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julita Grochala | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Izabela Pernal | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aneta Chaber-Stankiewicz | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aneta Malesa | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorota Chomińska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidia Wajdyk-Szmańda | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Błażej Pintara | Hairdresser |
| Sound | Marcin Matlak | Sound |
| Sound | Nick Buckton | Sound |
| Editing | Chris Plummer | Editor |
| Editing | Martin Brinkler | Editor |
| Sound | Rafał Lenart | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Paweł Gładys | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Robert Pałka | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jarosław Sosiński | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Łukasz Sakowski | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Elena Leszczyńska | Dialogue Coach |
| Crew | Tomasz Leszczyński | Dialogue Coach |
| Crew | Jarosław Golec | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Agata Czubak | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Magdalena Majtyka | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Filip Bucki | Stunts |
| Crew | Michał Michalski | Stunts |
| Crew | Konrad Ostrowski | Stunts |
| Crew | Paweł Jusiński | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Kamil Pardo | Stunts |
| Crew | Tomasz Lipski | Stunts |
| Crew | Joanna Różańska | Stunts |
| Crew | Łukasz Czubak | Stunts |
| Crew | Michał Burdan | Stunts |
| Crew | Michał Pluskota | Stunts |
| Crew | Piotr Popko | Stunts |
| Crew | Aleksandra Ostatek | Acting Double |
| Crew | Zuzanna Majer | Acting Double |
| Crew | Anna Michałowska | Acting Double |
| Crew | Aleksandra Czyż | Acting Double |
| Crew | Marcin Neveux | Acting Double |
| Crew | Ewa Skoczylas | Acting Double |
| Crew | Maciej Bieńkowski | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Maciej Szaszkiewicz | Catering |
| Crew | Artur Jakubowski | Catering |
| Crew | Przemysław Laskowski | Catering |
| Crew | Dariusz Szydłowski | Catering |
| Crew | Krystian Ziętek | Catering |
| Production | Marek Skupień | Production Manager |
| Production | Patrycja Kycia | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Karolina Sławik | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Natalia Klejnowska | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Marta Szamałek | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Małgorzata Dochniak | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Jadwiga Bocheńska | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Magdalena Potocka-Zwoźna | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Zofia Kujawska | Administration |
| Production | Monika Treichel | Administration |
| Production | Mateusz Przygoda | Administration |
| Production | Katarzyna Myszkowska | Administration |
| Production | Bogna Szewczyk-Skupień | Line Producer |
| Production | Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska | Producer |
| Production | Mia Henry-Teirney | Executive Co-Producer |
| Production | Jan Naszewski | Associate Producer |
| Production | Adam Gudell | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alex Cole-Baker | Co-Producer |
| Production | Kinga Tasarek | Producer's Assistant |
| Camera | Anna Rzepka | Camera Operator |
| Production | Joanna Ślesicka | Casting Director |
| Crew | Krzysztof Skonieczny | Vehicles Coordinator |
| Production | Paul Green | Producer |
| Production | Paula Munoz Vega | Producer |
| Production | Luke Rivett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Hern | Producer |
| Directing | James Napier Robertson | Director |
| Writing | James Napier Robertson | Writer |