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It is with a mixture of pride and astonishment that we celebrate 10 years of the International Emerging Film Talent Association, a Monaco-based NGO whose life-changing support for film-related creativity in emerging countries you have made possible!...

Black Artists Makes Waves at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival has aged gracefully into its 40th year anniversary. Black directors, actors and writers have enhanced the celebratory occasion with fine performances and artistic contributions in indie films, big budget movies and life-affirming documentaries. Read more...

Check Out the Top 10 Indiegogo Films to Watch For At the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/09/74284-check-out-the-top-10-indiegogo-films-to-watch-for-at-the-toronto-international-film-festival-2015/...

[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="" el_class="entry-title-wrapper"][vc_column][vc_column_text] MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME [/vc_column_text][/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 el_class="entry-title-wrapper"][vc_column_text] Our mentorship program focuses on filmmakers projects from start to completion and includes a comprehensive list of skills ensuring the success of the filmmakers film. The IEFTA Mentorship Programme is dedicated to identifying and developing the creative talent of career-ready filmmakers from emerging economies and covers PR, marketing, post production, legal, film festivals and distribution. As conceived, the IEFTA Mentorship Programme will...

I wanted to give you a quick update on what has transpired since our amazing Addis to Cannes workshop this past May, 2014. Since the event 8 months ago, we have launched a very aggressive mentorship program with the five original filmmakers who participated in Cannes, four being female....

Dear Friends, Partners & Supporters of the IEFTA, It is with gratitude and pride that I write to inform you of the achievements of the IEFTA over the last 12 months and to thank you for your role in making them possible. We experienced yet another year of substantial growth and significant action, of shared opportunities and changed lives! Because I know you are as busy as I am, allow me to get right to the point: a list of our...

"From Addis To Cannes 2014" An Interview With Ethiopian Filmmakers Since 2010, the Monaco based organization IEFTA and the EFI, together have been providing an opportunity for young Ethiopian filmmakers to study and learn their craft in Addis Ababa. The filmmakers come to Cannes and are mentored as they meet a range of influential distributors, sales agents, producers, directors and international film commissioners at the international festival. They are also given one-on-one sessions with film institutions, consultants, established producing &...

Dear friends of the IEFTA, It gives me great pleasure to share with you recent achievements and immediate plans for the International Emerging Talent Film Association for this coming 2014. As you well know, the IEFTA promotes film education in developing countries and supports emerging filmmakers internationally. Since our inception in 2006, we’ve honoured this mandate and this coming year will be no exception. Indeed, in 2013, we got to watch as one of our supported filmmakers stepped boldly onto the...

Dear IEFTA community: Let me begin by belatedly wishing you all a Happy New Year.   Please accept my sincerest hopes for a safe and prosperous 2013 for you and your loved ones. It has been some time since I last had the opportunity to report on the work of the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA), but it is my pleasure to do so today. As you know, the IEFTA’s mission is to promote film education in developing countries and to...