text:  Is there a reason why you wanted to make a love letter to Istanbul? Yeah, I used to go there when I was a kid with my father a lot. We had relatives there, so we used to go through Istanbul and then travel by the Black Sea and then go to Georgia. So I have a relationship to Istanbul. That's Levin Akin. His new movie is Crossing. It's in theaters now. Thank you so much for speaking with us. Thank you. What a lovely conversation.