Levan Akin

Levan Akin (born December 14, 1979 in Tumba ) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter .

Life

Levan Akin was born on December 14, 1979 in the southern Swedish city of Tumba , but has Georgian roots. He began his career as an assistant for various film productions, including for Swedish television. In 2008 he won two prizes at the Hamburg Film Festival with the short film De sista sakerna , together with co-author and film producer Erika Stark, with whom he often worked closely.

In May 2019, he will present his film As we danced as part of the Cannes International Film Festival in the Quinzaine des réalisateurs, the Directors' Fortnight. The film was released in Swedish cinemas on October 11, 2019. It is in as we danced around the first film directed in Georgian. The film was submitted by Sweden as an entry for the 2020 Academy Awards in the category of Best International Film . In late June 2020, Levan Akin became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

• 2008: De sista sakerna (short film)
• 2009: Livet i Fagervik (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2011: Katinkas Kalas
• 2011: Anno 1790 (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2012: Real Humans (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2015: Circle (Cirkeln)
• 2019: As We Danced (And Then We Danced)

Awards

Chicago International Film Festival

• 2019: Awarded the Best International Feature Audience Award ( When we danced )
• 2019: Awarded the Gold Q-Hugo in the Out-Look Competition (When we danced)

Cork Film Festival

• 2019: Nomination for the audience award (When we danced)

Guldbagge

• 2020: Award for Best Film (When We Danced)
• 2020: Award for the best screenplay (When we danced)
• 2020: Nomination for Best Director (When we danced)

Cannes International Film Festival

• 2019 : Nomination for the Queer Palm (When we danced)

Stockholm International Film Festival

• 2011: Nomination for the bronze horse (Katinkas Kalas)

Odessa International Film Festival

• 2019: Awarded the Golden Duke in an international competition (When we danced)
• 2019: Awarded the Grand Prize (When we danced)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

• 2020: Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for the FIPRESCI Award (When We Danced)

Web links

• Levan Akin in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs: Sélection officielle 2019. In: quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
2. ↑ https://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/film/and-then-we-danced/
3. ^ Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.
4. ↑ Audience Choice Awards Announced For 55th Chicago International Film Festival. In: chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
5. ↑ Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Vitalina Varela Win Top Awards At The 55th Chicago International Film Festival. In: chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
6. ^ And Then We Danced. In: corkfilmfest.org. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
7. ↑ Jan Lumholdt: And Then We Danced wins big at Sweden's Guldbagge Awards. In: cineuropa.org, January 21, 2020.
8. ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/we-danced-homeward-share-grand-prix-at-odessa-iff-1225864
9. ↑ Pete Hammond: Palm Springs Film Festival Sets Lineup; 'An Almost Ordinary Summer' & 'Military Wives' Are Opening- And Closing-Night Movies. In: deadline.com, December 10, 2019.