Glimpses of Europe

My Name Is Joy

12 min. | Drama, Short | Pegi 13

Joy, a 20-year-old girl from Mozambique, is sold by her father and drawn into a human trafficking network. After being rescued, she is placed in a shelter in a small Polish town, where, for the first time, she is given a chance to live rather than merely survive, and to begin reclaiming her voice and sense of identity
Alexandra Strunin

Alexandra Strunin

Alexandra Strunin is a director and audiovisual artist. She graduated in Photography from the University of the Arts in Poznań, and treats film as a natural extension of her work with image, rhythm, and emotion. She is currently a third-year Directing student at Warsaw Film School. Her short fiction debut, "I Gaze at the Sky" (2025), is set against the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and explores the mechanisms of propaganda and systemic violence.
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
My Name Is Joy
Produced
2026: Poland

Film information

Director
Alexandra Strunin
Producers
Maciej Ślesicki
Screenplay
Alexandra Strunin
Cast
Chelsea Alfinete, Andrzej Nejman
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