Nahom Abraham from Eritrea has won the top prize for best film, and $5,000, in the Berlinale’s 2023 NEFTI award for his film Home, a drama about a couple longing to be reunited....
“Twice Colonized” which was awarded the IEFTA €10,000 Docs in progress award at this years Marché du Film will have its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2023 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition....
Egyptian drama “Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore,” in development, the debut feature by Orad Mostafa and produced by Sawsan Yusuf, won the $100,000 Red Sea Souk Production Award for an Arab Lodge Project....
Zahraa Ghandour's film "Women of my Life” has been selected as one of 16 projects from Southwest Asia and North Africa, for the 2022-2023 Close Up Program, a cinematic initiative for non-fiction filmmakers....
"Made in Ethiopia" co-produced by Tamara Dawit and "There Was, There Was Not" directed by Emily Mkrtichian have both been awarded production grants by the IDA. ...
Mohamed Elsadig, with his Feature Narrative “Unfortunate Fortune” (Sudan), wins IEFTA Mentorship prize for the 1st Edition of the GFMI Sudan Pitching Lab. ...
IEFTA Alumni, Arun Bhattarai (Bhutan) and his short "Mountain Man", is part of the 19 exceptionally strong films that have been selected for the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary....
Ghost Boat (Bangladesh) Documentary Producers Win 2000€ Prize from IEFTA at Dhaka DocLabs Pitch Sessions...
DOK Leipzig announces IEFTA Alumni Director, Abid Sarkar Sohag, and Producer, Sardar Zahidul Islam (Bangladesh) have been selected for this years DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market with their Animated Documentary "Field Marshal”...
Big wins at Durban FilmMart 2022 for IEFTA Alumni...
The Amman Film Industry Days (AFID) concluded its activities and the winners were announced at a private ceremony and included some IEFTA Alumni....
IEFTA to hosts a reception at the Carlton Beach Club to honour UNHCR....
For a 4th consecutive year, IEFTA sponsors Docs-In-Progress Award 2022 at Cannes Docs...
For a 2nd consecutive year, IEFTA filmmakers compete in NEFT Vodka’s annual Short Film Advertising Challenge....
IEFTA Alumni Sumon Delwar, Ali El Arabi, Mohamed Kordofani and Amjhad Abu Alala have all been selected and are participating in the Film Independent Global Media Makers LA Residency....
We are pleased to announce two IEFTA Alumni have been selected for the Cannes L’Atelier 2022....
Alumni short film “Katanga Nation” is selected as part of the International Medium Length & Short Film Competition at Vision du Reel 2022...
'Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore' is selected for the Red Sea Lodge 2022 an 8 month mentoring program designed to nurture and support emerging talent in the Arab world....