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2025 Winners Announced for the ‘IEFTA Best Doc In Development Award’ at TIDF AGORA
Alexa Bakony and Veronika Gál (Hungary) are announced winners of the IEFTA €10,000 prize for the 'Best Doc in Development Award' at TiDF26 Agora's "Thessaloniki Pitching Forum" with their project 'Highways of Hope'.
21 March, 2025
Announcing Filmmakers to Attend INTRO:DOX at CPH:DOX 2025
IEFTA have selected Kazi Arefin Ahmed and Etna Özbek as the supporting filmmakers who will be granted support to take part in the INTRO:DOX program at this years CPH:DOX in Denmark.
19 March, 2025
‘Highways of Hope,’ ‘Bugboy,’ ‘My Aunties,’ ‘Magma’ Among Winners at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s Agora Awards
Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, announced its awards Wednesday, with Alexa Bakony’s “Highways of Hope” taking the IEFTA Award for Best Documentary in Development, accompanied by a 10,000 euro cash prize
13 March, 2025
IEFTA Sponsors the Guest Country Producer Spot for Emerging Producers 2026 – APPLY TODAY!
Continuing our collaboration with the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival Sponsors IEFTA is sponsoring the Guest Country Producer Spot for Emerging Producers 2026. Apply today!
05 March, 2025
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