‘Refugee Voices in Film’ at Cannes Docs 2023
IEFTA in collaboration with the UNHCR and Telling the Real Story brings the 6th edition of 'Refugee Voices in Film' to Cannes Doc’s 2023....
27 April, 2023
IEFTA Projects & Initiatives
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
“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
“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 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
“Unfortunate Fortune” wins IEFTA Mentorship prize for GFMI Sudan Pitching Lab
Mohamed Elsadig, with his Feature Narrative “Unfortunate Fortune” (Sudan), wins IEFTA Mentorship prize for the 1st Edition of the GFMI Sudan Pitching Lab. ...
27 September, 2022
Arun Bhattarai selected for IDFA Competition with “Mountain Man”
IEFTA Alumni, Arun Bhattarai (Bhutan) and his short "Mountain Man", is part of the 19 exceptionally strong films that have been selected for the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary....
26 September, 2022
“Field Marshal” Selected for DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market 2022
DOK Leipzig announces IEFTA Alumni Director, Abid Sarkar Sohag, and Producer, Sardar Zahidul Islam (Bangladesh) have been selected for this years DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market with their Animated Documentary "Field Marshal”...
20 September, 2022
3 Alumni Projects Awarded Development Grant Funds at Red Sea Fund
Amir El-Shenawy (Egypt) with his Feature Documentary project American Dream, Marwa Zein (Sudan) with her feature fiction project, 'Lily’s Double Planet', and Zahraa Ghandour (Iraq) with her feature documentary 'Women of my Life' will all receive development grant funds from Red Sea Fund....
11 September, 2022
AFAC Documentary Program 2022 Selects 2 Alumni Projects
Aya Yusuf (Egypt) with her project Samar "Before the Final Picture", and Amir El-Shenawy (Egypt) with his project "American Dream", have both been selected as grantees for the AFAC Documentary Program. ...
11 September, 2022