Crossing
Monday 4 November 2024
- Language: Georgian, Turkish and English with subtitles
- Duration: 105 mins
| Monday 4 November
8pm |
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From acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced), CROSSING is a moving and tender tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations.
Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring Tekla home after a period of estrangement, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi to find her. Exploring the hidden depths of the city, they cross paths with a transgender lawyer called Evrim, who helps them in their search. As a reluctant and surprising friendship forms between Achi and Lia, the unexpected duo begin to discover that Tekla may not want to be found.
With remarkably authentic performances from Mzia Arabuli and newcomers Lucas Kankava and Deniz Dumanli, Akin’s third film offers a vibrant and evocative portrait of the city of Istanbul. Humanistic and compassionate, this hopeful vision of forgiveness is a heartfelt portrayal of overcoming the degrees of separation that divide us.
Awards and Festivals:
Winner - Teddy Jury Award, Berlin International Film Festival 2024
Berlin International Film Festival 2024
Tribeca Film Festival 2023
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024
‘Dumanli, making her screen feature debut here, is a pure joy to watch, enveloping the movie in a sense of warm coziness and safety as, just being in her presence, you feel like everything will somehow work out.’
-Ryan Lattanzio, indieWire
‘Following on from Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry, Crossing gifts us the second essential Georgian screen heroine of 2024’
★★★★ -Tara Brady, The Irish Times
‘A thoroughly intelligent, emotionally engaging and robustly performed movie from Levan Akin, the Georgian-Swedish director who had an international breakthrough four years ago with the love story And Then We Danced’
-Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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