JOIKA

  • Screening Dates: 25th July, 6 pm  //  1st August, 8 pm
  • Starring: Talia Ryder, Karolina Gruszka, Natasha Alderslade, Diane Kruger
  • Directed by: James Napier Robertson
  • Running time: 108 mins
  • Rating: M - Offensive language, cruelty
  • Language: English, Russian (subtitled)
Synopsis:
DRAMA:

Working with legendary teacher Tatyana Volkova, Joy Womack trains to one day become a prima ballerina. But behind the beauty of dance lurks a world full of pain and brutal competition. Joy is forced to push her physical and mental boundaries, putting her health, her relationships, and perhaps her entire life at stake, on a journey to discover and understand what it truly means to be the best.

Based on a true story, New Zealand writer-director James Napier Robertson’s Joika follows a promising American ballerina as she goes through the gauntlet of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy,  as one of the first Americans admitted to the Moscow Academy.