2019Nominee
Best Director
And Then We Danced
Levan Akin
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Stockholm, Sweden
December 14, 1979
Biography
Levan Akin is a Swedish filmmaker of Georgian descent. He made his feature directorial debut with Certain People (2012, Tribeca FF). He has since directed And Then We Danced (2019), which premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and was Sweden's official entry for the Academy Awards, and Crossing (2024), which opened the Berlinale Panorama section. Both films won multiple awards including Best Film at the Swedish Guldbagge Awards. Akin became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2020. His other work includes the The Circle (Berlinale, 2015) and episodes of AMC's Interview with the Vampire (2022–2024).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2024Nominee
Best Performance
Crossing
2022Nominee
Best Performance
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Career Highlights
2015Highlight
Best Director
The Circle
Highlight
Best Director
Summer in Heat
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And Then We Danced
Crossing
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer