Georgian Director Accuses National Film Center of Attempts to Obstruct Film’s Premiere at Locarno - Civil Georgia

Georgian Director Accuses National Film Center of Attempts to Obstruct Film’s Premiere at Locarno - Civil Georgia

Georgian film director Uta Beria has accused the country’s National Film Center, the government agency responsible for facilitating state funding for filmmakers, of withholding part of the funding awarded to his Tear Gas project, which features protests in Tbilisi, and later attempting to prevent its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. Tear Gas is a fiction film shot during real demonstrations in Tbilisi. According to the Locarno Film Festiva…