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CROSSING
CROSSING

• Director: Levan Akin
• SWEDEN, DENMARK, FRANCE, TÜRKİYE, GEORGIA / 2024 / DCP / Colour / 105’ / Georgian, Turkish, English; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Levan Akin
• Director of Photography: Lisabi Fridell
• Editing: Emma Lagrelius, Levan Akin
• Cast: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı
• Producer: Mathilde Dedye 
• Production Co.: French Quarter Film, Adomeit Film, Easy Riders Films, Bir Film
• World Sales: Totem Films
• Turkish Rights: Bir Film

2024 Berlin Audience Award 2nd–Panorama, Teddy Jury Prize

Set mostly in Istanbul, Levan Akin’s follow-up to the acclaimed And Then We Danced is a touching drama about blood families and chosen families, elaborating on solidarity as a most powerful bond. Described by Akin as ‘my tribute to solidarity and my love letter to Istanbul,’ Crossing follows Lia, a retired teacher, who has made a promise to herself to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Joining forces in her quest with her young neighbour, whom she feels separated by worlds, she is led to Istanbul, a beautiful and huge city that seems full of connections and possibilities. There, she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and amidst alliances and communities she is a stranger to, Lia starts to feel closer than ever to Tekla. Crossing opened the Panorama section of the Berlinale in February.

This film is screened with the kind contribution of Consulate General of Sweden.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.