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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

Double Win for “Dogs of Home”

"Dogs of Home" - Daniela Repas (Bosnia/ USA) wins Best Short Documentary Award at Roma Short Film Festival, Italy, as well as being a finalist at the Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift....

21 June, 2021

Spotlight Projects at Cannes 2021

Check out our four documentary works-in-progress by emerging filmmakers from across the globe at this year’s Cannes Docs....

19 June, 2021

Emerging Filmmakers Find Success in Sales & Distribution

IEFTA alumni filmmakers secure sales & distribution deals for their film projects....

16 June, 2021

IEFTA Sponsors ‘Docs in Progress’ Award at Cannes Docs 2021

IEFTA is sponsoring the €10,000 'Docs in Progress Award' for the third consecutive year...

16 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

“Jute Days of our Life” Selected for DocedgeKolkata

Istiak Shaon's "Jute Days of our Life" is selected for Doc Edge Kolkata - Asian Forum for Documentary 2021 (Selected Projects for Incubation and Presentation section)....

21 May, 2021

“The Salt in Our Waters” Screens at BFI Southbank

Sumit (Bangladesh) The Salt in Our Waters will have a special screening at BFI Southbank in June. It is the Closing Film at the London Indian Film Festival this year....

21 May, 2021

DW Akademie names five grantees of inaugural Film Development Fund

Five filmmakers from Ethiopia have been chosen to receive one year of funding, training and mentorship from DW Akademie in a project supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development....

20 May, 2021

Collaboration on 1st DAE Coalition Showcase

IEFTA and DAE collaborate and select 5 film projects to participate in the first DAE Coalition Showcase....

12 May, 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

Malmö announces the Projects competing in MAFF Industry Days 2021

Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) revealed the list of projects selected to participate and compete for development and post-production grants in the seventh edition of MAFF Industry Days. ...

30 March, 2021

IEFTA Alumni, Ala’a al Qaisi’s “Cinderella” selected to compete at Malmö Arab Film Festival

Ala’a al Qaisi - an IEFTA alumni - has been selected to compete in Malmö Arab Film Festival’s “Short Film Development Project,” for her film “Cinderella.”...

30 March, 2021