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

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 Date:2024-03-22

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:59

Interview with the Vampire

Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of life as a black man in 1900s New Orleans, Louis finds it impossible to resist the rakish Lestat De Lioncourt's offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion.

Release Date:2022-10-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:251

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

A journey through Swedish queer film history.

Release Date:2022-02-25

Character:Self

Vote Count:7

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 Date:2021-08-30

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:5

And Then We Danced

A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.

Release Date:2019-09-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:228

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 Date:2015-02-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:69

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 Date:2012-01-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:103

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 Date:2012-01-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6