Film Festivals

IEFTA is partnering with the Berlinale Africa Hub to offer panels, presentations and talks at the Africa Hub Talk Series 2020....

08 February, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]IEFTA continues its collaboration with the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR). We selected two talented producers and sent them to the Rotterdam Lab.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal" color="#1abc9c"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Ruba Atiyeh (Lebanon) and Rim Mejdi (Morocco) — identified by IEFTA’s Global Film Expression initiative at the El Gouna Film Festival’s Cinegouna Springboard Platform— returned from Rotterdam’s 5 day workshop during which they learned skills for navigating the...

02 February, 2020

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

'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

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

During mid-July IEFTA’s Lacey Tu attended the 17th edition of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival (GAIFF) in Armenia and participated in its first Talent Lab....

14 July, 2019

South Africa’s longest-running film festival, presenting over 180 screenings of current films from around the world, with strong focus on South African and African cinema from 18-28 July 2019.Read More...

29 May, 2019

This annual event will be taking place from 26-31 August 2019. The Lab's mission is to be a productive hub for South Asian creative content and reality storytelling and resource opportunity for South Asian filmmakers in Bangladesh. Read More...

29 May, 2019

IEFTA teams up with International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) A further new partnership for IEFTA is with the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and we will be selecting a producer, whom we met at Cine Gouna’s Springboard, to participate in Rotterdam’s CineMart, a co-production market with workshops for 60 emerging producers from all over the world....

05 December, 2018