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
Media Coverage
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
Film Republic Boards Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s ‘The Salt in Our Waters’
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.”...
30 October, 2020
‘An Insignia of a Forced Winter’ wins Best Project at Dhaka DocLab 2020
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....
05 October, 2020
Tamara Dawit selected for the Logan Nonfiction Program
Ethiopian-Canadian producer/director Tamara Dawit selected for the Logan Nonfiction Program as they announces Virtual Class of Journalism & Documentary Fellows...
02 October, 2020
Adong Judith wins prestigious film award
Adong’s upcoming feature film Between Worlds scooped two awards – the DFM Talents Durban award and the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) award....
01 October, 2020