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Founded in 2018 by Culture and Education Foundation and the National Youth and Childrenโs Palace, Taoba International Youth Film Festival is largest festival of its kind in Georgia. Taoba is focused on development of young audience and promotion of film education, programmers pay special attention to educational values of each film screened at festival, that will spark discussions on social issues.
The vision of Taoba is to enable the development young peopleโs critical, creative and analytical thinking skills and stimulate dialogue between them on important social issues through film. The festival aims to stimulate social changes and facilitate the talents of young people by means of master classes and lectures, as well as their participation in foreign film festivals.
Taoba received EFFE Label 2019-2020 that is Europeโs quality stamp for remarkable arts festivals showing their engagement in the field of the arts, community involvement and international openness.
As a country wide cultural-educational center, National Palace hosts festival at its premises on 6 Rustaveli ave, Tbilisi (Georgia)