Actor of 'And Then We Danced' wins Minsk International Film Festival prize
The film directed by Levan Akin premiered at Tbilisi and Batumi cinemas yesterday. Photo: Levan Akin/Instagram
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The main protagonist of Swedish-Georgian-French co-production And Then We Danced Levan Gelbakhiani won in the best actors’ nomination at the Minsk International Film Festival yesterday.
Watch the film director Levan Akin addressing the Minsk festival:
The film directed by Levan Akin, which has been picked as Sweden's submission for the Best International Feature Film competition at the next Academy Awards, premiered at Tbilisi and Batumi cinemas yesterday.
Later on today, Akin wrote on his official Instagram page that Gelbakhiani has been nominated for best actor of the European Film Awards as well.
Akin said that he could never have imagined that the film would be embraced like this.
I could never have dreamt that I would meet this kid who so bravely and selflessly would dedicate his body and soul into a film that we both knew would be very provocative in his home country”, Akin said.
We made history in Georgia together and we will always be bound by this. I love you Levan Gelbakhiani you inspire me every day!” he wrote.
27 individualsin Georgia last night for “non-compliance with a lawful order or demand” of the police and “disorderly conduct” during the premiere of a Swedish-Georgian-French co-production And Then We Danced in Georgian cinemas.
Premiered to the public at the Directors’ Fortnight festival in Cannes in May, the film shows Merab, a young performer in the Georgian national dance company develop intense attraction to newcomer Irakli.
The Georgian Interior Ministry announced late last night that 27 individuals were detained for “non-compliance with a lawful order or demand” of the police and “disorderly conduct” during the premiere of a Swedish-Georgian-French co-production And Then We Danced in Georgian cinemas.
A Swedish-Georgian-French co-production And Then We Danced has premiered in Georgian cinemas today amid radical groups' protest. The police which promised to ensure safety and freedom of expression amid threats voiced by ultra-nationalist groups earlier today, have detained eleven protesters for violation of public order and police disobedience.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has promised to ensure safety and freedom of expression amid threats voiced by ultra-nationalist groups just before the premiere of And Then We Danced movie in Tbilisi and Batumi cinemas starting later today.
The festival-touring feature And Then We Danced by director Levan Akin received accolade at the Chicago International Film Festival, with the film about an emotional encounter of two male dancers joining winners of the 55th edition over the weekend.