IEFTA Honours UNHCR at Critics Choice Awards for Arab Films 2022
IEFTA to hosts a reception at the Carlton Beach Club to honour UNHCR....
05 May, 2022
Awards & Accreditations
IEFTA Sponsor Docs-In-Progress Award 2022 at Cannes Docs for a Fourth Year
For a 4th consecutive year, IEFTA sponsors Docs-In-Progress Award 2022 at Cannes Docs...
05 May, 2022
IEFTA Filmmakers compete in NEFT VODKA Advertising Challenge
For a 2nd consecutive year, IEFTA filmmakers compete in NEFT Vodka’s annual Short Film Advertising Challenge....
25 April, 2022
Film Independent Welcomes 30 Participants for the 2022 Global Media Makers LA Residency
IEFTA Alumni Sumon Delwar, Ali El Arabi, Mohamed Kordofani and Amjhad Abu Alala have all been selected and are participating in the Film Independent Global Media Makers LA Residency....
21 April, 2022
Cannes L’Atelier 2022
We are pleased to announce two IEFTA Alumni have been selected for the Cannes L’Atelier 2022....
24 March, 2022
Alumni Selected for Vision du Reel Film Competition
Alumni short film “Katanga Nation” is selected as part of the International Medium Length & Short Film Competition at Vision du Reel 2022...
17 March, 2022
Alumni Project Included in the Red Sea Lodge 2022 Selection
'Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore' is selected for the Red Sea Lodge 2022 an 8 month mentoring program designed to nurture and support emerging talent in the Arab world....
15 March, 2022
‘American Dream’ Wins IEFTA GFE Initiative Award
IEFTA attended the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival to hear pitches and identify our newest GFE Fellows and presented 'American Dream' with the GFE Initiative Award....
13 January, 2022
Algerian, Palestinian projects scoop top prizes at CineGouna Platform
"A Quarter To Thursday In Algiers" won the $15,000 CineGouna award for best project in development. ...
16 November, 2021
‘Fifty Meters’ Wins Big at El Gouna Film Festival’s CineGouna Platform
Yomna Khattab’s “Fifty Meters” (Egypt) was the big winner on the CineGouna Platform at the El Gouna Film Festival....
16 November, 2021
IEFTA Chief Advocates Back to Basics Approach for Independent Film Distribution
Marco Orsini speaks to Variety in an interview conducted at the recent El Gouna Film Festival....
01 November, 2021
Field Marshal Wins IEFTA GFE Award at Dhaka DocLab 2021
IEFTA continues its collaboration with Dhaka DocLab in support of talented South Asian filmmakers awarding Field Marshall, a short animated documentary for it's GFE initiative....
13 October, 2021
Maja Doroteja’s Cent’anni Wins at Cannes Docs 2021
Maja Doroteja Prelog’s “Cent’anni” won this year’s Docs-in-Progress Award given out by the Cannes Film Market with the support of IEFTA....
12 October, 2021
MALMO Wins for IEFTA Alumni
"Cinderella" and "Goodbye Julia" win awards at the Malmo Arab Film Festival 2021...
22 June, 2021
Delighted to Announce Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Collaboration
IEFTA is delighted to collaborate with the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) providing an honorable mention prize of USD $2000 to the runner up in a new IF/Then Shorts global pitch opportunity....
25 November, 2019
Lina Soualem’s ‘Their Algeria’ Wins First Docs-in-Progress Award
Lina Soualem’s “Their Algeria” won the inaugural Docs-in-Progress Award, a €10,000 ($11,300) cash prize given out by the Cannes Film Market’s Doc Corner with the support of IEFTA, which was presented Tuesday at a ceremony at the Plage des Palmes....
30 May, 2019