Locarno to World-Premiere 'Tear Gas,' a Fiction Feature Shot Inside Live Tbilisi Protests

Uta Beria's fiction feature "Tear Gas," shot inside live anti-government demonstrations in Tbilisi, is set to world-premiere on 12 August in the Filmmakers of the Present competition at the 79th Locarno Film Festival (The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug 2026). The Georgia-France-Germany co-production took five years. Split Screen handles international sales (Screen Daily, 8 Aug 2026).