'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....
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....
Film Republic, a London-based specialist sales agent, has acquired the international rights to feature debutant Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s “The Salt in Our Waters.”...
Ethiopian-Canadian producer/director Tamara Dawit selected for the Logan Nonfiction Program as they announces Virtual Class of Journalism & Documentary Fellows...
Director Joseph Mangat’s “Holy Craft” won the Docs-in-Progress Award at an online ceremony Friday evening to close the Cannes Docs sidebar of the Cannes Film Market Online....
Adong’s upcoming feature film Between Worlds scooped two awards – the DFM Talents Durban award and the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) award....
The fourth edition of Dhaka Doclab, an international workshop-cum-market pitching programme for promoting South Asian filmmakers in international market, ended on Saturday with an online closing ceremony....
IEFTA In Collaboration with the Marché Du Film-Festival De Cannes Announces Sponsorship of a 10,000€ Prize For Docs-In-Progress....
In this year’s third edition of El Gouna Film Festiva's #CinemaforHumanity initiative IEFTA will hold a round tables, panels and mentorship for filmmakers and organizations to talk about innovative and creative approaches when filming humanitarian crises around the globe. ...
CineGouna hosted a roundtable discussion titled ‘Refugee Voices in the Film Industry’ on Saturday 21 September, sponsored by the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) and within the framework of the GFF’s Cinema of Humanity Initiative....
Humanitarian and Arab filmmakers gathered for the 3rd edition of El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt to discuss the cinema industry’s role in the world's refugee crises....
A key Africa Hub sponsor this year is the Intl. Emerging Film Talent Assn. (IEFTA), a Monaco-based organization devoted to discovering and developing film talent from emerging regions....
Made under the patronage of the UN Refugee Agency and explicitly aimed at raising awareness of the global refugee crisis, Beyond the Raging Sea is an odd documentary that combines a humanitarian message with high adventure. Its first hour chronicles the harrowing ordeal of two Egyptian athletes, Omar Samra and Omar Nour, who with no previous nautical experience set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a high-tech rowboat guaranteed not to capsize, even in the strongest storms....
“Beyond the Raging Sea,” an extreme sea adventure documentary aimed at raising awareness of the global refugee crisis, is set for a wide theatrical release across the MENA region via Arab marketing and distribution company Mad Solutions and Middle East exhibitor Vox Cinemas....
As the COVID-19 crisis prompts more festivals to go digital, what does an online premiere cost a filmmaker and the roll-out of their movie?...
The daily “Berlinale Africa Hub Talks” from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm give an insight into the latest developments in the African film industry. IEFTA (International Emerging Film Talent Association) is the new partner of the “Berlinale Africa Hub” as host of the talks series, which takes place in cooperation with the World Cinema Fund, the Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents....
Synergy Habesha Films & Communications in collaboration With habeshaview and IEFTA Presents Enchained (Quragnaye) a historical drama written & directed by Moges Tafesse...
One of the most successful Ethiopian film releases of 2019 - domestically and internationally - Enchained (Quragnaye), is set as the first feature to screen online on a new movie channel habeshaviewTV...