Crossing | MUBI Announces Pride Preview Screenings Of Levan Akin’s New Movie!
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Special Pride Preview screenings of Levan Akin’s acclaimed movie, Crossing, to take place in the UK and Ireland. Get the details here.
MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company, is pleased to announce special Pride previews of Levan Akin’s (And Then We Danced) new award-winning feature Crossing.
The moving, compassionate tale of identity, and acceptance. And unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations had its World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. Where it was awarded the TEDDY Jury Prize.
PREVIEW SCREENINGS
Previews will begin at Riverside Hammersmith in London on Sunday, 23 June as part of the cinema’s Pride programming. The film will also screen in Brighton’s Duke of York cinema. As part of the Brighton International Trans Pride Film Festival on Friday, 19 July. In association with My Genderation, followed by a panel discussion hosted by Fox Fisher. The artist, filmmaker and co-founder of Trans Pride Brighton and BITFF.
In Ireland, MUBI & GAZE Film Festival will be presenting an exclusive first look at the award-winning film in Dublin, Galway and Cork on Sunday, 23 June. And in Belfast on Thursday, 27 June. The Dublin screening will include a special discussion panel. Featuring James Hudson (Programmer at GAZE Film Festival and Small Trans Library), and Philippa Ryder (Activist, author, transwoman, and Chair of Dublin Pride). And Pradeep Mahadeshwar (Visual artist, LGBTQIA+ activist & founder of Queer Asian Pride Ireland, QAPI & Queer Spectrum Film Festival QSFF).
PREMISE
Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long-lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring Tekla home after a period of estrangement, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi to find her. Exploring the hidden depths of the city, they cross paths with a transgender lawyer called Evrim. Who helps them in their search. Humanistic and compassionate, Akin’s third feature is a heartfelt portrayal of overcoming the degrees of separation that divide us.
CREDITS
Written by Akin. Crossing stars Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava and Deniz Dumanlı. The cinematography is from Lisabi Fridell (And Then We Danced). Production design by Roger Rosenberg (The Worst Person in the World). And co-edited by Levan Akin and Emma Lagrelius.
Crossing opened the Panorama section at the 2024 Berlinale for its World Premiere in February. Where it was awarded the Teddy Prize Jury Award. It received its UK Premiere at the BFI Flare Film Festival in March 2024. The film will be released in the UK and Ireland on 19 July 2024.
TICKETS
You can buy tickets to the pride preview screenings here:
UK PREVIEWS & SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
23 June: Riverside Hammersmith, London
19 July: Brighton’s International Trans Film Festival at Duke of York’s. Tickets to CROSSING will be available soon.
IRISH PREVIEWS IN ASSOCIATION WITH GAZE FILM FESTIVAL:
JUNE 23RD:
JUNE 27TH
Crossing will be in cinemas in the UK & Ireland from July 19th. It will be streaming exclusively on MUBI from August 30th.
Source: MUBI
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