Crossing (2024)
Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi, where they explore the hidden depths of the city.
Director:
Levan Akin
Writer:
Levan Akin
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Mzia Arabuli as Lia |
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Luke Kankava as Achi |
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Deniz Dumanlı as Evrim |
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Nino Karchava as Ruso |
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Levan Bochorishvili as Zaza |
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Nino Tedoradze as Nona (Neighbour Child) |
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Bünyamin Değer as Izzet |
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Sema Sultan Elekci as Gülpembe |
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Metin Akdemir as Ahmet |
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Oksan Büyük as Gülsen |
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Yasmin Ada as Young Trans Girl |
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Suzan Fadil as Second Young Trans Girl |
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Mehtap Özdemir as Aynur |
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Mehmet Isyar as Dr. Erol |
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Derya Günaydın as Özge |
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Ziya Sudançıkmaz as Ömer |
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Beril Soydan as Arya |
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Soner Yalçın as Mustafa |
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Levan Gabrichidze as Ramaz |
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Şevval Kılıç as Seval |
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Bulut Sezer as Bulut |
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Bergüzar Mercan as Ceylan |
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Tako Kurdovanidze as Tekla |
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Giga Shavadze as Giga (Neighbour Child) |
| Production | Mathilde Dedye | Producer |
| Production | Katja Adomeit | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nadia Turincev | Co-Producer |
| Production | Omar El Kadi | Co-Producer |
| Production | Anna Khazaradze | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nino Chichua | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ersan Çongar | Co-Producer |
| Production | Anna Croneman | Co-Producer |
| Production | Charlotta Denward | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ludvig Andersson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mattias Sandström | Executive Producer |
| Production | Levan Akin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniel Oliva Andersson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Carin Sahlin | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jeppe Wowk | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Levan Akin | Editor |
| Editing | Emma Lagrelius | Editor |
| Camera | Lisabi Fridell | Director of Photography |
| Production | Pinar Celik | Casting |
| Production | Leli Miminoshvili | Casting |
| Production | Eka Mzhavanadze | Casting |
| Production | Bulut Sezer | Casting |
| Art | Roger Rosenberg | Production Design |
| Art | Shota Bagalishvili | Art Direction |
| Art | Meral Efe Yurtseven | Art Direction |
| Art | Yunus Emre Yurtseven | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linn Eklund | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Esra Arslan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suat Inalhan | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Esma Keskin | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Esma Keskin | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Nino Agladze | Assistant Director |
| Production | Nino Agladze | Casting Assistant |
| Directing | Murad Erdem | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rikard Waxin | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Mecra Yazıcı | Set Decoration |
| Art | Kato Gelashvili | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Ketevan Gunia | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Melike Yılmaz | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Gigi Janikashvili | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Mustafa Bölükbaşı | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Irakli Ivanishvili | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Anne Gry Friis Kristensen | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Erik Hals | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Vincent Larsson | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Jakob Witt | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lighting | Ömer Aksoy | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Thomas Neivelt | Gaffer |
| Camera | Avni Erdoğan | Camera Operator |
| Production | Anna Maria Aslanoglu | Line Producer |
| Directing | Levan Akin | Director |
| Writing | Levan Akin | Screenplay |
| Sound | Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen | Sound Designer |