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Totem Movies Boards New Mission From ‘And Then We Danced’ Director Levan Akin

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Paris-based gross sales outfit Totem Movies has boarded the brand new, as-yet-untitled venture from “And Then We Danced” director Levan Akin, which has simply wrapped taking pictures in Istanbul. Totem will current the movie to consumers at subsequent month’s European Movie Market in Berlin.

The story is “about discovering your loved ones, not your blood relations, however people who settle for and love you unconditionally, with out prejudice, for who you might be,” the manufacturing firm, French Quarter Movie, stated.

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Akin stated of the venture: “My entire life, Istanbul and its inhabitants have held a particular place in my coronary heart, and I’m very excited to quickly have the ability to share this world and its distinctive areas with an viewers.”

Totem Movies stated: “Levan completely is aware of the best way to seize real atmospheres and characters. We launched Totem in Cannes 2019 with ‘And Then We Danced.’ What a pleasure to proceed our collaboration with this tribe!”

Akin’s Georgia-set “And Then We Danced” premiered in Administrators’ Fortnight in Cannes earlier than enjoying within the Highlight part at Sundance. A coming-of-age story set amidst the conservative confines of recent Tbilisi, the movie acquired one of many Cannes Movie Competition’s longest standing ovations. The movie later sparked protests in Georgia attributable to its portrayal of a gay love story.

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“And Then We Danced” racked up wholesome gross sales for Totem in additional than 40 worldwide territories in addition to successful a slew of awards because it traveled the pageant circuit.

The brand new movie, which is a Swedish/Danish/French/Turkish/Georgian co-production, was produced by Mathilde Dedye of French Quarter Movie, and co-produced by Katja Adomeit of Adomeit Movie, Nadia Turincev and Omar El Kadi of Straightforward Riders Movies, Anna Khazaradze and Nino Chichua of 1991 Productions, Ersan Çongar of Bir Movie, and Anna Croneman and Charlotta Denward of SVT. Government producers are Ludvig Andersson of RMV Movie and Mattias Sandström of French Quarter Movie.

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