Int’l Emerging Film Talent Sets Multiple Events During Cannes Fest
The Intl. Emerging Film Talent Assn. (IEFTA) returns to the Cannes Festival for the 12th year with film programs, panels, awards and cocktail receptions....
10 May, 2022
Refugee Voices
‘Refugee Voices in Film’ at Cannes Docs 2022
IEFTA in collaboration with the UNHCR and Telling the Real Story brings the 5th edition of 'Refugee Voices in Film' to Cannes Doc’s 2022....
28 April, 2022
IEFTA Brings ‘Refugee Voices in Film’ to Euro Film Market
Dennis Rue tells Variety about IEFTA and 'Refugee Voices in Film' at the EFM 2022...
10 February, 2022
‘Refugee Voices in Film’ at Berlin’s EFM 2022
A film screening presentation by IEFTA takes place on Monday 18th October at the El Gouna Film Festival exploring the creative methods filmmakers use to tell stories from around the world....
04 February, 2022
Refugee Voices in Film – 5th Edition
A film screening presentation by IEFTA takes place on Monday 18th October at the El Gouna Film Festival exploring the creative methods filmmakers use to tell stories from around the world....
10 October, 2021
‘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
Invitation to Tender: Animated Films
IEFTA Opens Bidding Process for a set of Animated Stories - Submission deadline: 12/02/21...
28 January, 2021
Mad Solutions/Vox to Release Refugee Doc ‘Beyond The Raging Sea’ Across MENA (EXCLUSIVE)
“Beyond the Raging Sea,” an extreme sea adventure documentary aimed at raising awareness of the global refugee crisis, is set for a wide theatrical release across the MENA region via Arab marketing and distribution company Mad Solutions and Middle East exhibitor Vox Cinemas....
22 February, 2020
Invitation to EFM Market Premiere Screening of ‘Beyond the Raging Sea’
Invitation to EFM Market Premiere Screening of 'Beyond the Raging Sea'...
14 February, 2020
‘Beyond the Raging Sea’ Market Screening Premiere at the EFM Berlinale 2020
Beyond the Raging Sea, the documentary film by Marco Orsini in collaboration with DHL, UNHCR, UNDP and IEFTA has been confirmed for a market screening at the EFM Berlinale. ...
08 February, 2020
IEFTA Newsletter Fall 2019
Providing a recap to keep you apprised of our progress and engaged with our endeavours. ...
15 October, 2019
Refugee Voices in the Film Industry Panel Discussion
The Refugee Voices in the Film Industry panel explored innovative and creative approaches to filming humanitarian crises wherever they occur....
27 September, 2019
‘Beyond the Raging Sea’: Film Review
Made under the patronage of the UN Refugee Agency and explicitly aimed at raising awareness of the global refugee crisis, Beyond the Raging Sea is an odd documentary that combines a humanitarian message with high adventure. Its first hour chronicles the harrowing ordeal of two Egyptian athletes, Omar Samra and Omar Nour, who with no previous nautical experience set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a high-tech rowboat guaranteed not to capsize, even in the strongest storms....
24 September, 2019
Change in narrative: how can film play a part in refugee crises?
Humanitarian and Arab filmmakers gathered for the 3rd edition of El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt to discuss the cinema industry’s role in the world's refugee crises....
23 September, 2019
Refugee Voices in Film – 4th Edition
From South Sudan to Central America, from Somalia to Afghanistan, 'Refugee Voices in Film', 4th Edition, presented the stories of individual refugees around the globe....
23 September, 2019
El-Gouna Film Festival highlights refugee, migrant issues in cinema
CineGouna hosted a roundtable discussion titled ‘Refugee Voices in the Film Industry’ on Saturday 21 September, sponsored by the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) and within the framework of the GFF’s Cinema of Humanity Initiative....
22 September, 2019
World Premiere: Beyond the Raging Sea
'Beyond the Raging Sea' premieres at the El Gouna Film Festival to a sold out screening. The epic documentary made under the patronage of the UN Refugee Agency and directed by Marco Orsini combines a poignant humanitarian message with high adventure and explicitly aiims to raise awareness of the global refugee crisis....
21 September, 2019
