IEFTA participated in the week long CineGouna Springboard Program at the El Gouna Film Festival to meet talented producers and directors from the Arab world....
'Beyond the Raging Sea' premieres at the El Gouna Film Festival to a sold out screening. The epic documentary made under the patronage of the UN Refugee Agency and directed by Marco Orsini combines a poignant humanitarian message with high adventure and explicitly aiims to raise awareness of the global refugee crisis....
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. ...
Two filmmakers win the IEFTA Award to attend the Producers Workshop at the next Cannes Festival having been selected after six days of mentoring and pitching at Dhaka Doc Lab....
For the third year in a row, IEFTA attended the Dhaka Doc Lab to identify emerging documentary filmmakers deserving of sponsorship at our partner festivals....
IEFTA was represented by Bernadette Schramm at South Africa’s longest-running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival held on 18-28 July 2019...
During mid-July IEFTA’s Lacey Tu attended the 17th edition of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival (GAIFF) in Armenia and participated in its first Talent Lab....
In May, Ethiopian filmmaker Beza Hailu Lemma went to Cannes to take part in the Industry Workshops, part of a Marché du Film and IEFTA collaboration, with the hope of learning more. Here Lemma shares his experience at Cannes’ 2019 and his feature filmmaking dreams....
IEFTA recap on summer events and activities...
As Cannes wraps up, we celebrate with the 6 filmmakers and give them an opportunity to apply their recent training, pitch their projects and make valuable contacts and connections at an IEFTA Power Brunch....
Lina Soualem’s “Their Algeria” won the inaugural Docs-in-Progress Award, a €10,000 ($11,300) cash prize given out by the Cannes Film Market’s Doc Corner with the support of IEFTA, which was presented Tuesday at a ceremony at the Plage des Palmes....
Held in Yerevan, Armenia on 7-14 July 2019 carrying the theme: Crossroads of Cultures and Civilisations. IEFTA will be attending and collaborating with the festival in the documentaries category. Read More...
South Africa’s longest-running film festival, presenting over 180 screenings of current films from around the world, with strong focus on South African and African cinema from 18-28 July 2019.Read More...
This annual event will be taking place from 26-31 August 2019. The Lab's mission is to be a productive hub for South Asian creative content and reality storytelling and resource opportunity for South Asian filmmakers in Bangladesh. Read More...
A sensational new collaboration with the Marché du Film-Festival de Cannes and IEFTA sponsor award of 10,000€ given to one of the 24 ‘Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Doc Corner’....
An award of 10,000€, sponsored by IEFTA, will be given to one of the 24 docs-in-progress from 6 countries participating in the Marché’s ‘Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Doc Corner’ program....
IEFTA has launched a new €10,000 prize for documentary works-in-progress, in collaboration with the Cannes Marché du Film (May 14-23)....
Once again we partner with Marché du Film offering seven young filmmakers the opportunity to attend the 72nd Annual Cannes Film Festival and participate in career-changing opportunity and experience....