Four arts festivals from Georgia have received the Europe for Festivals Festivals for Europe (EFFE) 2017-2018 quality mark, a label which warrants their international recognition. The ceremony to award the EFFE Label 2017-2018 was hosted by the NATO and EU Info Centre in Tbilisi on 27 June. The four Georgian festivals are: NIKOZI – an International Animation Film Festival, GIFT – an International Arts Festival in honour of Mikhail Tumanishvili, Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre and Batumi Music Fest. All have received official certificates as exceptional European festivals, said the EU Delegation to Georgia. At the ceremony, the participants, who also included representatives of Georgian government, discussed the idea of establishing a Georgian Festivals Association as a partner organisation to the European Festivals Association.
