IEFTA Selects Hadi Ibrahim to attend IFFR Pro’s Rotterdam Lab 2023
Hadi Imbrahim, currently working as part of the production team on the feature film “Fog” has been selected for IFFR Pro's Rotterdam Lab 2023....
29 January, 2023
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Announcing Special Bursary Awards for 2 Filmmakers to Attend CPH:DOX
Announcing special bursary packages for 2 emerging filmmakers from emerging regions to attend the brand new INTRO:DOX Program at this years CPH:DOX in Denmark....
17 January, 2023
Scholarship for 1 Filmmaker to attend APOSTLab’s Annual Workshop
Announcing the opportunity for 1 filmmaker to attend the APOSTLab Annual Workshop that will take place in Luxembourg from the 01 - 06 June 2023....
17 January, 2023
DFMI Opens Call For Projects 2023
The DFMI invites filmmakers to submit for the 5 DFM programmes – DFM Finance and Pitch Forum, DFM Access, DFM Jumpstart, DFM Talents Durban and DFM Content Shop....
21 December, 2022
‘Twice Colonized’ in Sundance 2023 line-up
“Twice Colonized” which was awarded the IEFTA €10,000 Docs in progress award at this years Marché du Film will have its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2023 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition....
09 December, 2022
‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore’ Among Top Winners at Red Sea Souk
Egyptian drama “Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore,” in development, the debut feature by Orad Mostafa and produced by Sawsan Yusuf, won the $100,000 Red Sea Souk Production Award for an Arab Lodge Project....
09 December, 2022
NEFT & IEFTA Partner for Filmmaker Competition
NEFT Vodka’s Short Film NEFTI Competition is back for a 3rd Year, bigger, better and in Berlin for the European Film Market 2023...
29 November, 2022
“Bye Bye Tiberias” selected for Atlas Workshops at the Marrakech International Film Festival
Alumni Lina Soualem (Palestine) “Bye Bye Tiberias” has been selected for the 5th edition of the Atlas Workshops, (Marrakech International Film Festival) in the ‘Films in Production / Post Production’ category. ...
28 October, 2022
IEFTA’s Global Film Expression initiative in Ethiopia on hiatus in 2022
IEFTA puts the Global Film Expression initiative in Ethiopia on hiatus for 2022...
28 October, 2022
IDA Awards Enterprise Grants to 11 Docs in Production Around the World
Two out of the Eleven documentary projects from six countries that have been selected for the International Documentary Association annual Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grant are IEFTA alumni Emily Mkrtichian and Tamara Dawit....
18 October, 2022
2 Alumni Win Production Grants from the IDA
"Made in Ethiopia" co-produced by Tamara Dawit and "There Was, There Was Not" directed by Emily Mkrtichian have both been awarded production grants by the IDA. ...
18 October, 2022
“Divine Factory” by Alumna Joseph Mangat to Premier at Dok Leipzig 2022
Joseph Mangat's "Divine Factory" celebrates its world premier at DOK Leipzig this October....
18 October, 2022
Realness Institute selects 15 producers for African Creative Producer Indaba scheme
Africa filmmaking agency Realness Institute has selected 15 participants which included IEFTA Alumni, Sawsan Yusuf for its second Creative Producer Indaba, a lab for developing entrepreneurial, leadership and creative skills....
14 October, 2022
IEFTA Newsletter – Fall 2022
As the new Director of the Global Film Expression Initiative and IEFTA Partnerships, I am delighted to share our Fall Newsletter. I hope you’ll notice continuity of purpose and familiarity of collaborations, alongside new opportunities, new filmmakers and new directions to explore. ...
07 October, 2022
“Unfortunate Fortune” awarded Mentorship Prize at GFMIs workshop for Sudanese Filmmakers
Sudan Film Lab pitching sessions "Where Stories Count" award Mohamed Elsadig and his project 'Unfortunate Fortune' it's mentorship prize....
01 October, 2022
IEFTA Invited as Jury Member for Palestinian Sunbird Awards
IEFTA Board Member Marco Orsini to participate as a Jury Member at this years Palestinian Sunbird Production Film Award....
30 September, 2022
IEFTA Partners with DOK Leipzig at the DOK Co-Pro Market for a 3rd Year
IEFTA teams up at with DOK Leipzig to support and develop emerging documentary filmmakers at the DOK Co-Pro Market, the co-financing and networking event....
30 September, 2022
IEFTA invited to participate as decision maker at Doclisboa 2022
DocLisboa invites IEFTA to participate as decision maker at this years pitching sessions, taking place October 12th and 13th....
30 September, 2022