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
Film Festivals
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
MALMO Wins for IEFTA Alumni
"Cinderella" and "Goodbye Julia" win awards at the Malmo Arab Film Festival 2021...
22 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
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
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
Malmö announces the Projects competing in MAFF Industry Days 2021
Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) revealed the list of projects selected to participate and compete for development and post-production grants in the seventh edition of MAFF Industry Days. ...
30 March, 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
The 2021 Canadian Screen Awards non-fiction nominations are here
IEFTA alumni nominated at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards for Best Documentary Program....
30 March, 2021
“Finding Sally” Nominated for Best Documentary Program at the Canadian Academy
Tamara Mariam Dawit - an IEFTA alumni - has been nominated for "Best Documentary Program" at the Canadian Academy for her film "Finding Sally"....
30 March, 2021
Rotterdam Unveils 2021 CineMart Projects
IFFR selects Beza Hailu Lemma (Ethiopia) for Cinemart....
20 February, 2021
Egypt’s Ahmed Amer selected for Rotterdam Lab 2021
Egypt’s ‘Hamlet from the Slums’ producer Ahmed Amer to participate in the 2021 Rotterdam Lab...
18 February, 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
IEFTA participates in 4th Dhaka Doc Lab
IEFTA has continued its collaboration with Dhaka Doc Lab to support talented South Asian documentary filmmakers. ...
11 October, 2020
Emerging Talent at Dok Leipzig
IEFTA is collaborating with Dok Leipzig to showcase five talented documentary filmmakers with works-in-progress. ...
10 October, 2020