“European trends are not universally applicable”
When a country is represented within ECFA by only one member, it seems as if that organisation has to carry all the national weight of youth film and film education on its shoulders. That may well be the case for Georgia, where the Taoba International Youth Film Festival is introducing film culture to young people, under conditions not comparable to most European countries. ‘In a country with less than 20 cinemas, our needs and priorities are very different,’ says Levan Dvali from the Municipal Cultural Educational Centre in Tbilisi.