--- title: 'Akron (2015)' type: 'film' director: 'Sasha King' released: '2015-10-10' runtime_minutes: 88 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/akron-2015' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544014/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Akron (2015) 2015 · 88 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Akron is a 2015 independent romantic drama film directed by Brian O'Donnell and Sasha King, starring Matthew Frias and Edmund Donovan. The film portrays Benny and Christopher meeting during a football game at the University of Akron, where they fall in love. Their budding relationship is threatened by the knowledge that their respective families first met years before, during a tragic accident. The film also stars Andréa Burns. The film has earned awards, including Best Feature Film, at numerous film festivals in the United States. ## Credits - **Director:** [Sasha King](https://cinepixo.com/people/sasha-king), [Brian O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-o-donnell) - **Producer:** [Sasha King](https://cinepixo.com/people/sasha-king), [Brian O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-o-donnell-2) - **Screenplay:** [Brian O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-o-donnell-2) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bill Snodgrass](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-snodgrass) - **Editor:** [Bill Snodgrass](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-snodgrass) - **Director of Photography:** [Patrick Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-jordan-2) ## Cast - [Edmund Donovan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-donovan) - [Matthew Frias](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-frias) - [Cailan Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/cailan-rose) - [Joseph Melendez](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-melendez) - [Isabel Rose Machado](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabel-rose-machado) - [Amy Da Luz](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-da-luz) - [Andréa Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-burns) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.akronthefilm.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/akron-2015 Film facts: Wikidata (Q48672779); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.