Zahraa Ghandour's film "Women of my Life” has been selected as one of 16 projects from Southwest Asia and North Africa, for the 2022-2023 Close Up Program, a cinematic initiative for non-fiction filmmakers....
Alumni Lina Soualem (Palestine) “Bye Bye Tiberias” has been selected for the 5th edition of the Atlas Workshops, (Marrakech International Film Festival) in the ‘Films in Production / Post Production’ category. ...
IEFTA puts the Global Film Expression initiative in Ethiopia on hiatus for 2022...
Alumna Zahraa Ghandour (Iraq) and her project "Women of My Life” has been selected as one of the 60 projects to feature as part of the 30th edition of IDFA Forum taking place November 12 to 16....
Two out of the Eleven documentary projects from six countries that have been selected for the International Documentary Association annual Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grant are IEFTA alumni Emily Mkrtichian and Tamara Dawit....
"Made in Ethiopia" co-produced by Tamara Dawit and "There Was, There Was Not" directed by Emily Mkrtichian have both been awarded production grants by the IDA. ...
Joseph Mangat's "Divine Factory" celebrates its world premier at DOK Leipzig this October....
Africa filmmaking agency Realness Institute has selected 15 participants which included IEFTA Alumni, Sawsan Yusuf for its second Creative Producer Indaba, a lab for developing entrepreneurial, leadership and creative skills....
As the new Director of the Global Film Expression Initiative and IEFTA Partnerships, I am delighted to share our Fall Newsletter. I hope you’ll notice continuity of purpose and familiarity of collaborations, alongside new opportunities, new filmmakers and new directions to explore. ...
Sudan Film Lab pitching sessions "Where Stories Count" award Mohamed Elsadig and his project 'Unfortunate Fortune' it's mentorship prize....
IEFTA Board Member Marco Orsini to participate as a Jury Member at this years Palestinian Sunbird Production Film Award....
IEFTA teams up at with DOK Leipzig to support and develop emerging documentary filmmakers at the DOK Co-Pro Market, the co-financing and networking event....
DocLisboa invites IEFTA to participate as decision maker at this years pitching sessions, taking place October 12th and 13th....
Mohamed Elsadig, with his Feature Narrative “Unfortunate Fortune” (Sudan), wins IEFTA Mentorship prize for the 1st Edition of the GFMI Sudan Pitching Lab. ...
IEFTA Alumni, Arun Bhattarai (Bhutan) and his short "Mountain Man", is part of the 19 exceptionally strong films that have been selected for the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary....
Ghost Boat (Bangladesh) Documentary Producers Win 2000€ Prize from IEFTA at Dhaka DocLabs Pitch Sessions...
Marco Orsini, steps down as President of IEFTA with Lacey Tu accepting the role of Board President, and Lianne Llewellyn is the new Director of the Global Film Expression initiative and IEFTA Partnerships....
