NPR

Director Levan Akin on his new movie 'Crossing'

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director Levan Akin about his new movie, "Crossing." It tells the story of a woman searching for her long-lost niece in Istanbul. Crossing - crossing paths, crossing ...
IndieWire

‘Crossing,’ One of the Year’s Best, Is Now on MUBI: Levan Akin on the Risky Ending and the ‘And Then We Danced’ Connection

Akin tells IndieWire about his trans journey "Crossing," which premiered at Berlin and follows a woman from Georgia to Turkey in search of her missing niece. In the wake of her sister’s death, a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

A Woman Searches for Her Long-Lost Niece in Levan Akin’s Trans Rights Drama ‘Crossing’ (Exclusive First Clip)

Mzia Arabuli stars in 'Crossing,' which opens the Panorama section of the 2024 Berlinale. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Borders, political, social and societal, are being transversed in ...
The New York Times

Why This Star of Georgian Film Isn’t Showing His New Movie in Georgia

The director Levan Akin is worried that his latest film, “Crossing,” will inflame tensions around L.G.B.T. visibility in the post-Soviet nation. By Carmen Gray When Levan Akin’s movie “And Then We ...
WAMC

Director Levan Akin on his new movie 'Crossing'

Crossing - crossing paths, crossing borders, crossing genders - in Levan Akin's new movie, a woman hopes to make good on a promise she made to her late sister, to bring a prodigal child home. The ...