Amman Film Festival: Submissions Now Open!
The Amman International Film Festival- Awal Film (AIFF) is pleased to announce it is now open for submissions and is accepting both completed films and projects in development....
18 March, 2023
Author: The Press Team
Berlin: Eritrea Filmmaker Nahom Abraham Wins Berlinale NEFTI Award for Short ‘Home’
Nahom Abraham from Eritrea has won the top prize for best film, and $5,000, in the Berlinale’s 2023 NEFTI award for his film Home, a drama about a couple longing to be reunited....
28 February, 2023
‘Eat Bitter’ among selected to premier at CPH:DOX
'Eat Bitter' has been selected to premier at this years CPH:DOX in Denmark....
15 February, 2023
NEFTI 2023 Finals Screening
The finals for the Third Annual NEFT Emerging Film Talent International competition (NEFTI Awards) will be held on Monday, 20 February 2023 at the Berlinale/European Film Mart....
15 February, 2023
IEFTA Selects Hadi Ibrahim to attend IFFR Pro’s Rotterdam Lab 2023
Hadi Imbrahim, currently working as part of the production team on the feature film “Fog” has been selected for IFFR Pro's Rotterdam Lab 2023....
29 January, 2023
Announcing Special Bursary Awards for 2 Filmmakers to Attend CPH:DOX
Announcing special bursary packages for 2 emerging filmmakers from emerging regions to attend the brand new INTRO:DOX Program at this years CPH:DOX in Denmark....
17 January, 2023
Scholarship for 1 Filmmaker to attend APOSTLab’s Annual Workshop
Announcing the opportunity for 1 filmmaker to attend the APOSTLab Annual Workshop that will take place in Luxembourg from the 01 - 06 June 2023....
17 January, 2023
DFMI Opens Call For Projects 2023
The DFMI invites filmmakers to submit for the 5 DFM programmes – DFM Finance and Pitch Forum, DFM Access, DFM Jumpstart, DFM Talents Durban and DFM Content Shop....
21 December, 2022
‘Twice Colonized’ in Sundance 2023 line-up
“Twice Colonized” which was awarded the IEFTA €10,000 Docs in progress award at this years Marché du Film will have its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2023 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition....
09 December, 2022
‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore’ Among Top Winners at Red Sea Souk
Egyptian drama “Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore,” in development, the debut feature by Orad Mostafa and produced by Sawsan Yusuf, won the $100,000 Red Sea Souk Production Award for an Arab Lodge Project....
09 December, 2022
NEFT & IEFTA Partner for Filmmaker Competition
NEFT Vodka’s Short Film NEFTI Competition is back for a 3rd Year, bigger, better and in Berlin for the European Film Market 2023...
29 November, 2022
“Women of My Life” selected for 2022-23 Close Up Initiative
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....
28 October, 2022
“Bye Bye Tiberias” selected for Atlas Workshops at the Marrakech International Film Festival
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. ...
28 October, 2022
IEFTA’s Global Film Expression initiative in Ethiopia on hiatus in 2022
IEFTA puts the Global Film Expression initiative in Ethiopia on hiatus for 2022...
28 October, 2022
“Women of My Life” selected as one of the 60 projects to feature at this year’s IDFA
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....
18 October, 2022
IDA Awards Enterprise Grants to 11 Docs in Production Around the World
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....
18 October, 2022
2 Alumni Win Production Grants from the IDA
"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. ...
18 October, 2022
“Divine Factory” by Alumna Joseph Mangat to Premier at Dok Leipzig 2022
Joseph Mangat's "Divine Factory" celebrates its world premier at DOK Leipzig this October....
18 October, 2022