Algerian, Palestinian projects scoop top prizes at CineGouna Platform
"A Quarter To Thursday In Algiers" won the $15,000 CineGouna award for best project in development. ...
16 November, 2021
Media Coverage
‘Fifty Meters’ Wins Big at El Gouna Film Festival’s CineGouna Platform
Yomna Khattab’s “Fifty Meters” (Egypt) was the big winner on the CineGouna Platform at the El Gouna Film Festival....
16 November, 2021
IEFTA Chief Advocates Back to Basics Approach for Independent Film Distribution
Marco Orsini speaks to Variety in an interview conducted at the recent El Gouna Film Festival....
01 November, 2021
Maja Doroteja’s Cent’anni Wins at Cannes Docs 2021
Maja Doroteja Prelog’s “Cent’anni” won this year’s Docs-in-Progress Award given out by the Cannes Film Market with the support of IEFTA....
12 October, 2021
IEFTA Brings ‘Cinema of Humanity’ to Egypt’s El Gouna Film Fest
For the fifth year, IEFTA and its Global Film Expression Mentorship program will participate in the CineGouna Platform...
11 October, 2021
Documentaries Get Showcase and Support From Cannes Festival’s Marche
Cannes Docs will showcase 32 in-progress documentaries at this month’s Cannes Marché du Film-Festival and will present a cash award to one of them....
03 July, 2021
‘Beyond the Raging Sea’ Docu Sets for Monaco Streaming Film Festival
The documentary “Beyond the Raging Sea” makes its European premiere July 4 as the centerpiece presentation of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival. ...
03 July, 2021
2021 Industry Week Wraps with $110K first look Pitch Prizes Awarded
"Made in Ethiopia" by Tamara Dawit (Ethiopia/ Canada) is awarded the Canadian Forum Pitch Prize....
21 June, 2021
Durban FilmMart Institute Announces 2021 Finance Forum Projects
"Hamlet from the Slums" - Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh & Ahmed Amer (Egypt) will be in the Durban FilmMart finance forum....
21 June, 2021
Comedy Lab’s selection, a brand new TFL Next workshop
Divine Factory producer, and 2020 IEFTA Cannes Doc Winner, Alemberg Ang is selected for his project “Ninja from Manila” at the first ever TFL Comedy Lab....
21 June, 2021
“Fight” wins Lyon Capitale TV deal and a will be pitched at Sunny Side of the Doc
Lilit Movsisyan's “Fight” now hs Lyon Capitale TV on board and it will also be pitched at Sunny Side of the Doc during a Panorama on Central & Eastern Europe....
21 June, 2021
Sundance Institute Awards Grants to 18 Documentary Projects
"Gross National Happiness” [produced or directed by] Arun Bhattari, and Lara Sousa’s “The Ship and the Sea” selected to receive grant funding from Sundance...
08 June, 2021
TorinoFilmLab reveals 10 projects selected for prestigious 2021 FeatureLab
"Hamlet From The Slums" - Selected for Torino Film Lab’s Feature Lab...
06 May, 2021
Rotterdam Unveils 2021 CineMart Projects
IFFR selects Beza Hailu Lemma (Ethiopia) for Cinemart....
20 February, 2021
Egypt’s Ahmed Amer selected for Rotterdam Lab 2021
Egypt’s ‘Hamlet from the Slums’ producer Ahmed Amer to participate in the 2021 Rotterdam Lab...
18 February, 2021
Egypts “Captains of Za’atari” to Premiere at Sundance World Documentary Competition 2021
El Gouna Film Festival announced the selection of the Egyptian documentary “Captains of Za’atari” to participate in the World Documentary Competition of the forthcoming Sundance Film Festival....
23 January, 2021
Egypt’s CineGouna Platform announces its winners
'Goodbye Julia' by Mohamed Kordofani (Bahrain, Sudan) won the prize for best project in development and 'Life Suits Me Well' by Al Hadi Ulad Mohand (Morocco) received the prize for best film in post-production....
31 October, 2020
El Gouna Film Festival announces winners of CineGouna SpringBoard
For its fourth edition, CineGouna SpringBoard received 99 submissions (65 projects in development and 34 films in post-production) from all parts of the Arab world....
30 October, 2020