Cannes Docs

Egyptian director Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh’s ‘Hamlet from the Slums’ is among 15 projects chosen for the L’Atelier co-production forum at Cannes.

Meet the Two Egyptian Directors Invited to Cannes 2022’s film programmes

IEFTA alumni Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh and Morad Mostafa have been selected for two of the Cannes festival's mentorship and funding platforms...

19 April, 2022

Cannes L’Atelier 2022

We are pleased to announce two IEFTA Alumni have been selected for the Cannes L’Atelier 2022....

24 March, 2022

IEFTA Chief Advocates Back to Basics Approach for Independent Film Distribution

Marco Orsini speaks to Variety in an interview conducted at the recent El Gouna Film Festival....

01 November, 2021

Maja Doroteja’s Cent’anni Wins at Cannes Docs 2021

Maja Doroteja Prelog’s “Cent’anni” won this year’s Docs-in-Progress Award given out by the Cannes Film Market with the support of IEFTA....

12 October, 2021

Documentaries Get Showcase and Support From Cannes Festival’s Marche

Cannes Docs will showcase 32 in-progress documentaries at this month’s Cannes Marché du Film-Festival and will present a cash award to one of them....

03 July, 2021

Ali El Arabi to represent Cairo Film Festival at Fantastic 7 Projects at Cannes 2021

Ali El Arabi (Egypt) will represent Cairo Film Festival in the Cannes Marché du Film Fantastic 7 Projects with his project “The Legend of Zeinab and Noah”....

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

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

IEFTA Newsletter Fall 2020

A MID-SEASON SNAPSHOT OF OUR LATEST ACTIVITIES...

23 October, 2020

IEFTA Newsletter Fall Update 2020

Summer Round-up & Upcoming Events in Fall...

24 September, 2020

Joseph Mangat’s ‘Holy Craft’ Wins Docs-in-Progress Award as Cannes Docs Wraps

Director Joseph Mangat’s “Holy Craft” won the Docs-in-Progress Award at an online ceremony Friday evening to close the Cannes Docs sidebar of the Cannes Film Market Online....

29 June, 2020