A Georgian film director Levan Akin’s film Crossing will open the 2024 Panorama program of 74th Berlin International Film Festival, set to showcase 31 titles from 36 countries. The Panorama program includes new works by André Téchiné, Thomas Arslan, Birgitte Stærmose, David-Pierre Fila, Annie Baker, Dag Johan Haugerud, Bruce LaBruce and Nathan Silver. Also in the program is the four-part anthology series Zeit Verbrechen.
In Crossing, an unlikely duo travels from Batumi, Georgia to the urban, labyrinthine Istanbul in search of a young trans* woman named Tekla. In this, his fourth feature, Levan Akin creates a topography of places that offer queer people comfort and solidarity while movingly connecting reality with imagination. In Les gens d’à côté (My New Friends) by French master André Téchiné with Isabelle Huppert in the leading role, neighbours with opposing world views risk taking significant steps towards conciliation.
The President of the International Jury of 74th Berlin Film Festival will be a Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o.
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