7.6/10 (IMDB)

Crossing

1h 47m Drama

Crossing

From acclaimed director Levan Akin, 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 neighbor 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.

Director

Levan Akin

Cast

Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanli

Rating

Not Rated

Year

2024

Country

Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia

Language

Georgian, Turkish


Main Trailer


Reviews

  • "Akin’s film draws connections to suggest that maybe through these crossings, we begin to understand each other."
    - The Playlist
  • "Akin’s approach feels so tied to novel-writing — with shifts in perspectives and at least one plot-twisting formal deceit that whiplashes you only to leave you breathless and a bit swoony — and yet the axis around which his universe orbits is entirely cinematic, and universal."
    - IndieWire
  • "Observed with granular detail and imbued with a pulsing sense of place, this novelistic drama takes time to connect its central triangle but does so with a suppleness and restraint that amplify the emotional rewards of its lovely open-ended conclusion."
    - The Hollywood Reporter
  • "CROSSING takes all of us down paths that even the shrewdly observant Lia would be unable to predict, but that she’d be the first to appreciate. ​It's a heartbreaker in all the best ways."
    - Time Out
  • "With CROSSING, writer-director Levan Akin wants to open our eyes to the easily overlooked."
    - Variety
  • "There is a trio of excellent performances from Arabuli, Kankava and Dumanli: very good actors, very well directed, defining three personalities very different from each other in terms of age and attitude but bringing them together in a way that doesn’t feel forced."
    - The Guardian

Awards

  • Guadalajara Int'l Film Festival
  • Berlin Int'l Film Festival
  • Sofia Pride Film Festival
  • Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Festivals

  • New Horizons Int'l Film Festival
  • Maine Int'l Film Festival
  • Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival
  • Provincetown Int'l Film Festival
  • Frameline San Francisco int'l LGBTQ Film Festival
  • IndieLisboa Int'l Film Festival
  • Sydney Film Festival
  • Tribeca Film Festival
  • Queer Pioneers