‘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
News & Media
NEFTI 2023 Finals Screening
The finals for the Third Annual NEFT Emerging Film Talent International competition (NEFTI Awards) will be held on Monday, 20 February 2023 at the Berlinale/European Film Mart....
15 February, 2023
IEFTA Selects Hadi Ibrahim to attend IFFR Pro’s Rotterdam Lab 2023
Hadi Imbrahim, currently working as part of the production team on the feature film “Fog” has been selected for IFFR Pro's Rotterdam Lab 2023....
29 January, 2023
Announcing Special Bursary Awards for 2 Filmmakers to Attend CPH:DOX
Announcing special bursary packages for 2 emerging filmmakers from emerging regions to attend the brand new INTRO:DOX Program at this years CPH:DOX in Denmark....
17 January, 2023
Scholarship for 1 Filmmaker to attend APOSTLab’s Annual Workshop
Announcing the opportunity for 1 filmmaker to attend the APOSTLab Annual Workshop that will take place in Luxembourg from the 01 - 06 June 2023....
17 January, 2023
DFMI Opens Call For Projects 2023
The DFMI invites filmmakers to submit for the 5 DFM programmes – DFM Finance and Pitch Forum, DFM Access, DFM Jumpstart, DFM Talents Durban and DFM Content Shop....
21 December, 2022
‘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
NEFT & IEFTA Partner for Filmmaker Competition
NEFT Vodka’s Short Film NEFTI Competition is back for a 3rd Year, bigger, better and in Berlin for the European Film Market 2023...
29 November, 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
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
IEFTA Newsletter – Fall 2022
As the new Director of the Global Film Expression Initiative and IEFTA Partnerships, I am delighted to share our Fall Newsletter. I hope you’ll notice continuity of purpose and familiarity of collaborations, alongside new opportunities, new filmmakers and new directions to explore. ...
07 October, 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
Ghost Boat Wins €2000 IEFTA Prize at Dhaka
Ghost Boat (Bangladesh) Documentary Producers Win 2000€ Prize from IEFTA at Dhaka DocLabs Pitch Sessions...
24 September, 2022