And Then We Danced

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And Then We Danced

Homophobic protesters attack filmgoers at Georgian film premiere

by OC Media

•5 min read

Homophobic protesters threw firecrackers at police and filmgoers and several times attempted to storm the cinema at the Georgian premiere of Swedish-Georgian co-production And Then We Danced. The film, which centres around a romance between two male traditional Georgian dancers, opened in six Georgian cinemas on Friday evening. It had its world premiere in May at the Cannes film festival. The largest protest took place outside Tbilisi’s Amirani Cinema, where hundreds confronted riot polic

And Then We Danced

Georgian ultraconservative groups vow to prevent queer romance film premiere

by OC Media

•6 min read

Several far-right and ultraconservative groups in Georgia have begun to mobilise against the Georgian premiere of queer romance film And Then We Danced, which is due to hit screens this Friday. The film is a love story between two male Georgian traditional dancers that had its world premiere on 16 May at the Cannes Film Festival. A joint Swedish–Georgian production, it has been selected as Sweden’s submission to the 92nd Academy Awards. The film’s first showings in Georgia are due to kic