Marco Orsini, Founder of the IEFTA provided valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of Arab cinema at the ACC’s Equity Financing Panel during the Cannes Film Festival....
Jordanian doc “Asphalt,” directed by Hamza Hamideh and spotlighted in the Palestinian showcase, has picked up the IEFTA Award at Cannes Docs, dedicated to documentary film....
It has been a pleasure for IEFTA to support the filmmakers from the beginning of their journey as they win at the 12th edition of Final Cut in Venice....
‘Acts of Man,’ ‘Africa AI,’ ‘We Had the Moon!’ Among Top Prize Winners at Durban FilmMart Award Ceremony with “Africa AI,” taking home the Red Sea Film Fund Award, as well as the DOK Leipzig Award with the support of IEFTA....
Ten international documentary projects have been selected for the seventh edition of The Circle Women Doc Accelerator training programme for women-identifying filmmakers....
'Only On Earth' by award-winning Danish filmmaker Robin Petré has picked up the top IEFTA Docs-in-Progress Award at Cannes Docs,...
The International Emerging Film Talent Foundation (IEFTF), a new Athens-based venture established to provide support for unheard and unseen talent, launches May 18 at the Cannes Film Festival....
Winners announced on Screen Daily the first ever IEFTA Award for Best Documentary in Development at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival’s Agora industry event....
IEFTA Consultant Samia Zaman attended the 4th Edition of the Youth Empowerment Film & Song Competition in Amman, Jordan and Head of Development Lianne Llewellyn was a juror for the Documentary Film section....
The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Industry hub, Agora, announces partnership with IEFTF which will see the presentation of a €10,000 award to a project participating in Thessaloniki Pitching Forum. ...
Doc-in-Progress ‘Islands of the Winds’ About Fight for Democracy in Taiwan Wins Top Award at Cannes Industry Event...
Docs-in-Progress Award Winners Announced by Cannes Docs during Doc Day 2023...
International Film Talent Association Returns to Cannes to Show Spotlight on Underrepresented Regions....
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....
Alumni Lina Soualem (Palestine) “Bye Bye Tiberias” has been selected for the 5th edition of the Atlas Workshops, (Marrakech International Film Festival) in the ‘Films in Production / Post Production’ category. ...
Two out of the Eleven documentary projects from six countries that have been selected for the International Documentary Association annual Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grant are IEFTA alumni Emily Mkrtichian and Tamara Dawit....