[3] According to Robertson, he had initially not been interested in the producer's original pitch "Rocky with pointe shoes" but changed his mind after watching a New York Times short documentary about Joy Womack.

Supporting cast members included Oleg Ivenko, Natalia Osipova, Tomasz Kot, Charlotte Ubben, Natasha Alderslade, Karolina Gruszka and Borys Szyc.

Luke Rivett, Charlotte Ubben, Robert Walak, Phil Rose, Peter Touche, Andrea Scarso, Laurie Ross, Michael Cerny served as executive producers.

[3] In 2022, Joika's distribution rights in Australia and New Zealand were sold to The Reset Collective, Paradiso in the Benelux, Ascot Elite in Switzerland, Ten Letters in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States, Square One in Germany, Eagle in Italy, Vertice in Spain, Spentzos in Greece, United King in Israel, Filmfinity in South Africa, Nos Lusomundo in Portugal and Front Row in the Middle East.

[2][9] Liam Maguren of Flicks gave Joika a favourable review, opining that the film "delivers plenty of squirm-inducing suspense and a compelling moral quagmire."