Levan Akın

Levan Akın

Born: December 14, 1979
in Stockholm, Sweden
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.

Movies for Levan Akın...

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Title: Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2022
Type: Movie
A journey through Swedish queer film history.