Tag: Levan Akin
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews CROSSING a story of hope, search, forgiveness and acceptance in contemporary Istanbul.
Georgian retired teacher Lia (Mzia Arabuli) promised her deceased sister to find out her missing transgender daughter Tekla. Achi (Lucas Kankava), a neighbor, informs Lia her niece crossed the border and lives in Turkey, he proposes to a reluctant Lía to go in search of her. He will accompany her as a translator for…
Levan Akin on AND THEN WE DANCED
When Swedish/Georgian Filmmaker Levan Akin‘s queer romance And Then We Danced premiered at Cannes Film Festival it received a 10 min standing ovation : since then it has picked up numerous Awards around the globe. was Sweden’s Official Submission for the Acadamy Awards and has just played at Sundance Film Festival. Now on the eve of its release in the US…
