IEFTA Finds Newest GFE Talents in El Gouna
In Collaboration with CineGouna Springboard Platform at El Gouna, IEFTA expands its support for talented filmmakers from the MENA region. ...
26 November, 2021
El Gouna Film Festival
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 Brings ‘Cinema of Humanity’ to Egypt’s El Gouna Film Fest
For the fifth year, IEFTA and its Global Film Expression Mentorship program will participate in the CineGouna Platform...
11 October, 2021
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
IEFTA Alumni, Ala’a al Qaisi’s “Cinderella” selected to compete at Malmö Arab Film Festival
Ala’a al Qaisi - an IEFTA alumni - has been selected to compete in Malmö Arab Film Festival’s “Short Film Development Project,” for her film “Cinderella.”...
30 March, 2021
Ahmed Amer participates in IFFR’s Rotterdam Lab
IEFTA continued its collaboration with IFFR’s Rotterdam Lab for a third year to support Ahmed Amer’s participation in the development program from 25 January - 5 February 2021. ...
17 February, 2021
Egypts “Captains of Za’atari” to Premiere at Sundance World Documentary Competition 2021
El Gouna Film Festival announced the selection of the Egyptian documentary “Captains of Za’atari” to participate in the World Documentary Competition of the forthcoming Sundance Film Festival....
23 January, 2021
Egypt’s CineGouna Platform announces its winners
'Goodbye Julia' by Mohamed Kordofani (Bahrain, Sudan) won the prize for best project in development and 'Life Suits Me Well' by Al Hadi Ulad Mohand (Morocco) received the prize for best film in post-production....
31 October, 2020
El Gouna Film Festival announces winners of CineGouna SpringBoard
For its fourth edition, CineGouna SpringBoard received 99 submissions (65 projects in development and 34 films in post-production) from all parts of the Arab world....
30 October, 2020
FILM / El Gouna in ascensiune – GFF devine un Cannes al Orientului Mijlociu
Revin la actuala editie in perioada 19-27 octombrie 2019 a Festivalului International de Film din El Gouna/GFF in sudul Egiptului....
09 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
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
A Reception to Honour UNHCR at El Gouna Film Festival
In partnership with the El Gouna Film Festival, IEFTA hosted a reception at La Maison Bleue to honour UNHCR....
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
2 Candidates Selected at CineGouna Springboard 2019
IEFTA participated in the week long CineGouna Springboard Program at the El Gouna Film Festival to meet talented producers and directors from the Arab world....
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
IEFTA attends El Gouna Film Festival
In this year’s third edition of El Gouna Film Festiva's #CinemaforHumanity initiative IEFTA will hold a round tables, panels and mentorship for filmmakers and organizations to talk about innovative and creative approaches when filming humanitarian crises around the globe. ...
21 September, 2019
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