Documentaries Get Showcase and Support From Cannes Festival’s Marche
Cannes Docs will showcase 32 in-progress documentaries at this month’s Cannes Marché du Film-Festival and will present a cash award to one of them....
03 July, 2021
Author: The Press Team
‘Beyond the Raging Sea’ Docu Sets for Monaco Streaming Film Festival
The documentary “Beyond the Raging Sea” makes its European premiere July 4 as the centerpiece presentation of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival. ...
03 July, 2021
Introducing Fireside Chat Series with Engage at DFM
Durban FilmMart, Cairo Film Connection and IEFTA collaborate to present two fireside chats hosted by Engage, with the first one to be kicked off at DFM....
29 June, 2021
5 Alumni Projects participate at Durban FilmMart 2021
5 Lusophone Africa Projects to participate in Durban FilmMart’s Story Junction from 16 - 25 July 2021....
22 June, 2021
MALMO Wins for IEFTA Alumni
"Cinderella" and "Goodbye Julia" win awards at the Malmo Arab Film Festival 2021...
22 June, 2021
2021 Industry Week Wraps with $110K first look Pitch Prizes Awarded
"Made in Ethiopia" by Tamara Dawit (Ethiopia/ Canada) is awarded the Canadian Forum Pitch Prize....
21 June, 2021
Durban FilmMart Institute Announces 2021 Finance Forum Projects
"Hamlet from the Slums" - Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh & Ahmed Amer (Egypt) will be in the Durban FilmMart finance forum....
21 June, 2021
Ali El Arabi to represent Cairo Film Festival at Fantastic 7 Projects at Cannes 2021
Ali El Arabi (Egypt) will represent Cairo Film Festival in the Cannes Marché du Film Fantastic 7 Projects with his project “The Legend of Zeinab and Noah”....
21 June, 2021
Comedy Lab’s selection, a brand new TFL Next workshop
Divine Factory producer, and 2020 IEFTA Cannes Doc Winner, Alemberg Ang is selected for his project “Ninja from Manila” at the first ever TFL Comedy Lab....
21 June, 2021
“Fight” wins Lyon Capitale TV deal and a will be pitched at Sunny Side of the Doc
Lilit Movsisyan's “Fight” now hs Lyon Capitale TV on board and it will also be pitched at Sunny Side of the Doc during a Panorama on Central & Eastern Europe....
21 June, 2021
Double Win for “Dogs of Home”
"Dogs of Home" - Daniela Repas (Bosnia/ USA) wins Best Short Documentary Award at Roma Short Film Festival, Italy, as well as being a finalist at the Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift....
21 June, 2021
Spotlight Projects at Cannes 2021
Check out our four documentary works-in-progress by emerging filmmakers from across the globe at this year’s Cannes Docs....
19 June, 2021
Emerging Filmmakers Find Success in Sales & Distribution
IEFTA alumni filmmakers secure sales & distribution deals for their film projects....
16 June, 2021
IEFTA Sponsors ‘Docs in Progress’ Award at Cannes Docs 2021
IEFTA is sponsoring the €10,000 'Docs in Progress Award' for the third consecutive year...
16 June, 2021
Sundance Institute Awards Grants to 18 Documentary Projects
"Gross National Happiness” [produced or directed by] Arun Bhattari, and Lara Sousa’s “The Ship and the Sea” selected to receive grant funding from Sundance...
08 June, 2021
“Jute Days of our Life” Selected for DocedgeKolkata
Istiak Shaon's "Jute Days of our Life" is selected for Doc Edge Kolkata - Asian Forum for Documentary 2021 (Selected Projects for Incubation and Presentation section)....
21 May, 2021
“The Salt in Our Waters” Screens at BFI Southbank
Sumit (Bangladesh) The Salt in Our Waters will have a special screening at BFI Southbank in June. It is the Closing Film at the London Indian Film Festival this year....
21 May, 2021
DW Akademie names five grantees of inaugural Film Development Fund
Five filmmakers from Ethiopia have been chosen to receive one year of funding, training and mentorship from DW Akademie in a project supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development....
20 May, 2021