Levan Akin

Levan Akin is a Swedish/Georgian filmmaker, director, and writer. He is of Georgian descent. His parents came to Sweden as immigrants in the early 70s. Levan Akin started of as an intern at SVT, the Swedish Broadcasting Network. Later he worked as a handyman at the famous "Studio 24" of renowned director Roy Anderson (Songs from the second floor). He has worked as a director's assistant on several TV and film productions while at the same time making his own short films. "The Last Things" is Levan's first officially released short. His first Georgian-speaking film "And Then We Danced" (2019) was shown at festivals in Cannes and London, and won the main prize at the festival in Odessa and the Swedish Guldbagge for best picture, script and best actor.

Works

Svalan, katten, rosen, döden

Münster stumbles upon the body of a young woman who has been strangled in her home and surprises the killer, who is still at the scene. The killer flees, but an unusual book is found at the scene, dedicated to the killer. When another victim is found, Van Veeteren's literary expertise is put to the test when it becomes clear that they are dealing with a serial killer who chooses his victims based on the names of characters from 19th-century crime novels. What will be the name of the next victim?

Release Date2006-06-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobSecond Assistant Director

Charactersd

Vote Count10

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

A journey through Swedish queer film history.

Release Date2022-02-25

Charactersd Self

Vote Count8

Interview with the Vampire

A century-old vampire from New Orleans reunites with an ailing journalist to recount his life of bloodlust and his tumultuous relationship with the rakish Frenchman who turned him.

Release Date2022-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count318

Real Humans

Set in a parallel universe, Real Humans imagines a world where robots have become so human that they're barely distinguishable from real humans and follows the resulting emotional effects on two families as well as the trials of a group of robots who have attained free will and want their freedom from human ownership.

Release Date2012-01-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count114

Carambole

Carambole is the story of a doctor, in love and happy, who one rainy night accidentally hits a young boy with his car and drives away when he sees the boy is dead. Some days later he receives a letter telling him that someone knows what he did, and want money for his silence. And after that it just gets messier for the good doctor...

Release Date2005-08-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobSecond Assistant Director

Vote Count7

The Circle

An otherworldly evil is slipping into a small town in Sweden. Six unrelated girls have been chosen to fight this evil. Together they must overcome their differences in order to save themselves and the world.

Release Date2015-02-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count73

Crossing

Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi, where they explore the hidden depths of the city.

Release Date2024-03-22

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count85

Dough

Malou is a woman living in a fancy Stockholm suburb, but her successful facade is on the verge of collapsing . When she happens to stumble across 47 million SEK from a robbery, she opens up a bakery in order to launder the money. Liana is an indebted single mom who was abandoned when her ex got arrested for that same robbery. When Liana unwillingly gets involved in the hunt for the money, the two women's paths cross.

Release Date2021-08-30

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count8

Certain People

A small group of friends are gathered at Katinka's summer house to celebrate her birthday. The guests are all in their thirties, upper class, art world, liberal humanitarian bohemians. They sit on the floor smoking amongst books, antiques and modern art. The party sets off on a high note, when suddenly during dinner, two new guests arrive. Linda, a blonde game show hostess, is unexpectedly brought to the party by Katinka's brother. Linda is greeted warmly at first, her brusque and liberated manners are entertaining and fresh. But during the course of the evening Linda stretches the groups invisible social rules of hospitality. Contempt starts to grow, thus unfolding the groups hidden prejudices.

Release Date2012-01-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

And Then We Danced

Merab, a devoted dancer, has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli, sparks both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause Merab to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships.

Release Date2019-09-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count244

Borkmann's Point

Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a collaboration that is not without its problems.

Release Date2005-12-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobSecond Assistant Director

Vote Count6

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

A painful but extraordinary coming-of-age story about a young Vietnamese American writer whose fractured family was torn by their experiences during the Vietnam War.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector