Taoba International Youth Film Festival

Founded in 2018 by Culture and Education Foundation and the National Youth and Children’s Palace, Taoba is the only international youth film festival in Georgia dedicated to the development of young audience and promotion of film education.

The vision of Taoba is to enable the development young people’s 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 supporting their participation in foreign film festivals.

Annual festival has 300 preselected teenagers (13-18 years old) who participate in festival activities on a daily basis. Foreign participants are selected by partner institutions/festivals. During 5 days of festival, young people from various countries watch films, participate in discussions, workshops and masterclasses and enjoy beautiful Tbilisi city. Next edition of Taoba is postponed to autumn 2020 and we are expecting participants from 10 countries.