Elene, 16, and her war-scarred family are drawn into a mass protest in Tbilisi that transforms the streets of the capital of Georgia into a battleground for freedom. But it also forces them to confront the conflicts that are already threatening to tear them apart. Does this read like a synopsis for a fiction or a documentary film to you? Well, whatever answer you give, you are kind of right. Because this is not just any film. It is Tear Gas from Georgian writer-director Uta Beria (Negative Numbers). And it is a fiction film shot inside real demonstrations. The movie will world premiere on Aug. 12 in the Filmmakers of the Present…
