Homophobic protesters attack filmgoers at Georgian film premiere

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 police deployed to protect the venue.