Two filmmakers win the IEFTA Award to attend the Producers Workshop at the next Cannes Festival having been selected after six days of mentoring and pitching at Dhaka Doc Lab....
In May, Ethiopian filmmaker Beza Hailu Lemma went to Cannes to take part in the Industry Workshops, part of a Marché du Film and IEFTA collaboration, with the hope of learning more. Here Lemma shares his experience at Cannes’ 2019 and his feature filmmaking dreams....
As Cannes wraps up, we celebrate with the 6 filmmakers and give them an opportunity to apply their recent training, pitch their projects and make valuable contacts and connections at an IEFTA Power Brunch....
Lina Soualem’s “Their Algeria” won the inaugural Docs-in-Progress Award, a €10,000 ($11,300) cash prize given out by the Cannes Film Market’s Doc Corner with the support of IEFTA, which was presented Tuesday at a ceremony at the Plage des Palmes....
A sensational new collaboration with the Marché du Film-Festival de Cannes and IEFTA sponsor award of 10,000€ given to one of the 24 ‘Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Doc Corner’....
An award of 10,000€, sponsored by IEFTA, will be given to one of the 24 docs-in-progress from 6 countries participating in the Marché’s ‘Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Doc Corner’ program....
IEFTA has launched a new €10,000 prize for documentary works-in-progress, in collaboration with the Cannes Marché du Film (May 14-23)....
Once again we partner with Marché du Film offering seven young filmmakers the opportunity to attend the 72nd Annual Cannes Film Festival and participate in career-changing opportunity and experience....
The International Emerging Film Talent Association’s Lacey Tu (pictured) was honoured to present the Cambridge International Student Film Festival Impact Award to the winning entry: "Worth Every Penny" at the Watersprite Student Film Festival 2019. The winner will participate in Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes' Industry Workshops at this year’s Festival de Cannes....
IEFTA hosted it's 2nd Global Emerging Talent Conference in Addis Ababa this week The International Emerging Talent Film Association (IEFTA) invited Ethiopian Filmmakers to apply for the chance to meet with Film Producers and Film Festival Directors from around the world. Eleven Filmmakers were selected to meet one-on-one with industry professionals to discuss and receive advice on developing their current projects. In attendance were Dorothee Wenner - Filmmaker and Programmer at Berlinale, Keith Shiri - International Film Curator and Programme Advisor to...
The 2nd Gobal Film Expression Conference (GFEC 2018) The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) is hosting it's 2nd Gobal Film Expression Conference (GFEC 2018) in Addis Ababa on 14-16 December 2018. The conference in Addis is the weekend of December 15 and the IEFTA invites Ethiopian Filmmakers to the chance to meet with Film Producers and Film Festival Directors from around the worldat the event. One of the filmmakers selected will come to Cannes FIlm Festival and participate in workshops in...
IEFTA awards prize to Farzana Boby to attend industry workshops at Cannes 2019 Dhaka DocLab, held in Dhaka, Bangladeshis an initiative that focuses on mentoring documentary filmmakers from South Asia. At this year's event, held from 31st August – 5th September 2018, workshops, seminars and masterclasses in technical aspects of filmmaking spanned the first three days, the second segment allowed 15 delegates to pitch projects to the industry expert based panel. As a jury member, the IEFTA awarded a deserving Farzana...
The mission of the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) is to provide opportunity and mentorship to regions calling for a sustainable film industry. Partnering with Marche du Film and it's industry programmes, 8 emerging filmmakers were selected to go to Cannes 2018...
Call for Ethiopian Filmmakers to meet with International Film Professionals The International Emerging Talent Films Association (IEFTA) invites Ethiopian Filmmakers to apply for the chance to meet with Film Producers and Film Festival Directors from the United States and Europe. 12 Filmmakers will be selected to meet one-on-one with the professionals to discuss and receive advice on developing their current projects. Projects can be at any stage of development, from initial idea to post-production, and the projects can be short or feature...
Filmmakers Pietro Novello, Lubna Sharmin, Md Abid Mallick, Tsengel Davaasambuu, and Mungunkhuu Distabazar are honored at the From Dhaka to Cannes: A Celebration of Talent hosted by the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) at La Plage Royale on May 19, 2017 in Cannes, France. Photo by Kaidi Photography....
The Dhaka to Cannes initiative - the first ever of its kind - is launched in Bangladesh Organised by the International Film Initiative of Bangladesh (IFIB) in partnership with International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) the Dhaka to Cannes initiative is kicked off with the selection of three emerging Bangladeshi filmmakers: Lubna Sharmin, Kazi Mahadi Muntasir and Md Abid Mallick, who are chosen to attend Cannes Film Festival 2017 as a part of the opportunity, mentorship and workshop programme. Read more...
The association IEFTA, based in the Principality, promotes young directors from emerging countries in Cannes, and takes advantage of the Festival du Film to reflect on the issue of refugees....
The 2nd annual Refugee Voices in Film screenings with Doc Corner at this years Cannes Film Festival explored UNHCR's innovative approaches to refugee messaging, with a particular focus on the Mediterranean and mixed migration movements....