Awards & Accreditations

Aya Yusuf Announced Winner of AMD’s IEFTA Emerging Talent Award

Aya Yusuf wins the IEFTA Emerging Talent Award at The Global Entertainment Awards for her project "Samar...

08 March, 2024

IEFTA Alumni selected for Eurodoc 2024

IEFTA Alumni Tanim Yousuf from Bangladesh has been selected as part of the 2024 Eurodoc Cohort with his new Documentary "Aanda Story" and IEFTA are supporting him in this endeavour....

12 February, 2024

Four IEFTA associated projects in consideration for the 96th Academy Awards®

4 projects associated with IEFTA are in consideration for the 96th Academy Awards®...

09 December, 2023

IEFTA Alumni Arun Bhattarai selected for World Cinema Documentary Competition for Sundance Festival

IEFTA Alumni Arun Bhattarai has been selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition for Sundance Festival 2024 for his project Agent of Happiness...

09 December, 2023

Makbul Mubarak Wins IEFTA Prize at Torino Filmlab Meeting Event 2023

Makbul Mubarak from Indonesia won the IEFTA prize for his second fiction feature film in development ‘Watch It Burn’ at the 16th Edition of the Torino Filmlab Meeting Event....

26 November, 2023

Berlin: Eritrea Filmmaker Nahom Abraham Wins Berlinale NEFTI Award for Short ‘Home’

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....

28 February, 2023

‘Twice Colonized’ in Sundance 2023 line-up

“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....

09 December, 2022

‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore’ Among Top Winners at Red Sea Souk

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....

09 December, 2022

2 Alumni Win Production Grants from the IDA

"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. ...

18 October, 2022

“Unfortunate Fortune” wins IEFTA Mentorship prize for GFMI Sudan Pitching Lab

Mohamed Elsadig, with his Feature Narrative “Unfortunate Fortune” (Sudan), wins IEFTA Mentorship prize for the 1st Edition of the GFMI Sudan Pitching Lab. ...

27 September, 2022

Arun Bhattarai selected for IDFA Competition with “Mountain Man”

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....

26 September, 2022

Ghost Boat Wins €2000 IEFTA Prize at Dhaka

Ghost Boat (Bangladesh) Documentary Producers Win 2000€ Prize from IEFTA at Dhaka DocLabs Pitch Sessions...

24 September, 2022

“Field Marshal” Selected for DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market 2022

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”...

20 September, 2022