Awards & Accreditations

‘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