Four IEFTA associated projects in consideration for the 96th Academy Awards®
4 projects associated with IEFTA are in consideration for the 96th Academy Awards®...
09 December, 2023
Alumni
IEFTA Alumni Arun Bhattarai selected for World Cinema Documentary Competition for Sundance Festival
IEFTA Alumni Arun Bhattarai has been selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition for Sundance Festival 2024 for his project Agent of Happiness...
09 December, 2023
Don’t Miss the Final Session of “Off-The-Record” Seminars Hosted by IEFTA & DAE
The third and final DAE "Off-The-Record" online seminar hosted by IEFTA to be held on 7th December - Register today!...
28 November, 2023
Sony Future Filmmakers Award – Enter Your Short Film Today
IEFTA teams up with DAE to to host 2 more "Off-The-Record" online seminars hosted by industry experts - register today for the upcoming session to be held this coming November. ...
16 November, 2023
IEFTA Sponsors Two Ethiopian Producers at Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab
At this weeks Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab IEFTA have sponsored two Ethiopian Producers, Dirbdil Assefa and Leul Shoaferaw, to attend the lab, spotlighting the current projects that they are working on....
07 November, 2023
Alyaa Musa Selected to attend IEFTA Scholarship at APOSTLab’s Annual Workshop
Producer Alyaa Musa (Sudan) has been selected for IEFTA's Scholarship Opportunity with her project 'The Camera Never Cries' to attend the 14th APOSTLab Annual Post-Production Workshop...
25 October, 2023
Sign up Now for Second Session of “Off-The-Record” Seminars Hosted by IEFTA & DAE
IEFTA teams up with DAE to to host 2 more "Off-The-Record" online seminars hosted by industry experts - register today for the upcoming session to be held this coming November. ...
25 October, 2023
Alumni World Premiere to be Screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Announcing Egyptian director Aya Yusuf's world premiere of "Samar: Before The Final Picture" in the Documentary Competition of the Cairo International Film Festival. ...
10 October, 2023
IEFTA’s €2000 Prize Awarded to Bangladeshi Filmmaker at 2023 Dhaka DocLab online
The IEFTA Prize of €2000 was awarded to Kazi Arefin Ahmed and his project called Opekkha Aat Dhaka DocLab online....
14 September, 2023
Join us as IEFTA teams up with DAE to host “Off-The-Record” Seminar
IEFTA teams up with DAE to to host 3 "Off-The-Record" online seminars hosted by industry experts - register today for the upcoming session to be held this coming September. ...
25 August, 2023
IEFTA Alumni Zahraa Ghandour selected for Points North Fellowship
IEFTA Alumni Zahraa Ghandour (Iraq) has been selected for the Points North Fellowship at the Points North Institute ahead of the 19th Camden International Film Festival (USA) - with her project “Women of my life”. ...
16 August, 2023
IEFTA collaborates with CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator Training Initiative
IEFTA assists in administrative funding for CIRCLE's exclusive training programme: CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator 2023....
14 July, 2023
Sawsan Yusuf selected for IEFTA Scholarship to attend APOSTLab’s Annual Workshop
Sawsan Yusuf (Egypt) and her project "Aisha Can't Fly Away Anymore" has been selected for the IEFTA scholarship to attend the APOST Lab's 13th Annual Workshop....
02 June, 2023
Filmmaker to attend Nostos Screenwriting Retreat
Eritrean filmmaker, Nahom Abraham, winner of the 2023 NEFTI Challenge, will be attending the Nostos Screen Writing Retreat in Tuscany this September. ...
04 May, 2023
Berlin: Eritrea Filmmaker Nahom Abraham Wins Berlinale NEFTI Award for Short ‘Home’
Nahom Abraham from Eritrea has won the top prize for best film, and $5,000, in the Berlinale’s 2023 NEFTI award for his film Home, a drama about a couple longing to be reunited....
28 February, 2023
‘Eat Bitter’ among selected to premier at CPH:DOX
'Eat Bitter' has been selected to premier at this years CPH:DOX in Denmark....
15 February, 2023
‘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