For a third year, IEFTA extends its collaboration with the Great Lakes Creative Producers, by sponsoring the attendance of two Ethiopian filmmakers at the 5-day training program taking place in November. ...
Ethiopian filmmaker and IEFTA Alumni Beza Hailu Lemma wins Next Step Award by La Semaine de la Critique at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival...
IEFTA is once again collaborating with The Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab encourage documentary producers to apply for this exceptional opportunity....
Continuing our collaboration with the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival Sponsors IEFTA is sponsoring the Guest Country Producer Spot for Emerging Producers 2026. Apply today!...
IEFTA is thrilled to announce Aya Yusuf's selection for EuroDoc25, a fantastic international program for documentary production mentorship....
Announcing IEFTA's new partnership with EAVE, sharing a mutual vision of diverse and inclusive industry spaces, and true international representation....
IEFTA is thrilled to announce Zahraa Ghandour’s selection for IFFR’s Rotterdam Lab. Nominated through our partnership with Rawiyat Collective, this prestigious program highlights exceptional emerging film producers....
'Ghost Boat' was awarded World Cinema Fund Post- Production Funding Prize at the 41st jury session of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF)....
IEFTA is proud to celebrate the recent accomplishments of alumna producer, Kesmat El Sayed and her powerful documentary Abo Zaabal 89 which premiered to sold-out screenings and standing ovations, receiving critical acclaim at two prestigious festivals...
For a second year, IEFTA extends its collaboration with the Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab of Nairobi, Kenya, by sponsoring the attendance of two Ethiopian filmmakers at the week-long training program taking place in November. ...
We are excited to announce the recipient of the 2024 IEFTA/IEFTF Dhaka DocLab 2k Cash Award—Josh Lomahan from the Philippines, recognized for his compelling project A Faithful Love....
Producer Tanveer Hossain (Bangladesh) has been selected for IEFTA's Scholarship Opportunity with his project 'Red Lights Blue Angels' to attend the 15th APOSTLab Annual Post-Production Workshop...
IEFTA is once again collaborating with The Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab and we invite documentary producers to apply for this exceptional opportunity....
After last year’s success CIRCLE is launching the second edition of its tailor-made program in the fiction film industry. Apply today!...
'Only On Earth' by award-winning Danish filmmaker Robin Petré has picked up the top IEFTA Docs-in-Progress Award at Cannes Docs,...
DISPLACEMENT – Cinematic Perspectives was a moderated discussion held at the the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes by The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) in collaboration with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Marché du Film, and The Arab Cinema Center....
Explore poignant narratives and powerful storytelling from three works-in-progress films and their brilliant filmmakers at "Refugee Voices in Film" 7th Edition....
In collaboration with the UNHCR, Arab Cinema Centre & YouTube, IEFTA brings a "Displacement - Cinematic Perspectives" and the 7th edition of 'Refugee Voices in Film' to Cannes Doc’s 2024....