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EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Levan Akin, whose most recent film And Then We Danced was Sweden’s submission into this year’s International Feature Oscar race, has jointly signed with UTA and London-based Casarotto Ramsay & Associates. The agencies will rep the filmmaker in the U.S. and UK, respectively, as part of the…

And Then We Danced, Levan Akin's Georgian-language drama that premiered in Cannes' Director's Fortnight program last year, scooped the best film prize at last night's Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s primary awards ceremony. At a ceremony in Stockholm, Akin's movie also picked up best male lead for Levan Gelbakhiani, best…

Levan Akin is a Swedish-born filmmaker of Georgian descent whose third film, And Then We Danced, is Sweden's Oscar submission for the International Feature race. The Georgian-language film is the first LGBTQ+ movie set in the country and debuted in the Directors' Fortnight section of Cannes earlier this year. When…

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to Levan Akin’s And Then We Danced, which made its world premiere as a Directors’ Fortnight title at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Music Box is planning a theatrical rollout in 2020 followed by a release on home entertainment…

Levan Akin, a Swedish-born filmmaker of Georgian descent, is in Cannes with his third film, And Then We Danced, about a young man’s sexual awakening. The Directors' Fortnight title’s subject matter required the team to be scrappy while shooting in Tbilisi, he explained during a visit to Deadline’s Cannes Studio. The…