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Watch: Meet a Ghost in Horror Short Film 'The Crossing Over Express'

"Don't touch the sheet - right. Got it." To get everyone in the mood for horror season just around the corner, enjoy this horror dark comedy short film called The Crossing Over Express. This 11-min ...
IndieWire

‘Crossing,’ One of the Year’s Best, Is Now on MUBI: Levan Akin on the Risky Ending and the ‘And Then We Danced’ Connection

Akin tells IndieWire about his trans journey "Crossing," which premiered at Berlin and follows a woman from Georgia to Turkey in search of her missing niece. In the wake of her sister’s death, a ...
Variety

How Director Luke Barnett Was Inspired to Create Viral Short Film ‘The Crossing Over Express’ After Receiving a Message From His Late Mother

A couple of years ago, Luke Barnett heard from his mother – even though it had been 20 years since she died. The actor-filmmaker received a text from an unknown number with a YouTube link to a video ...
The New York Times

Why This Star of Georgian Film Isn’t Showing His New Movie in Georgia

The director Levan Akin is worried that his latest film, “Crossing,” will inflame tensions around L.G.B.T. visibility in the post-Soviet nation. By Carmen Gray When Levan Akin’s movie “And Then We ...