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14 October, 2021
News & Media
Field Marshal Wins IEFTA GFE Award at Dhaka DocLab 2021
IEFTA continues its collaboration with Dhaka DocLab in support of talented South Asian filmmakers awarding Field Marshall, a short animated documentary for it's GFE initiative....
13 October, 2021
Durban FilmMart 2021 Winners Announced
IEFTA partnered with the Durban FilmMart for the 3rd consecutive year to identify and support talented filmmakers from the African continent....
13 October, 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
IEFTA Brings ‘Cinema of Humanity’ to Egypt’s El Gouna Film Fest
For the fifth year, IEFTA and its Global Film Expression Mentorship program will participate in the CineGouna Platform...
11 October, 2021
Refugee Voices in Film – 5th Edition
A film screening presentation by IEFTA takes place on Monday 18th October at the El Gouna Film Festival exploring the creative methods filmmakers use to tell stories from around the world....
10 October, 2021
5th Global Film Expression Conference – Call for Entries
IEFTA invites Ethiopian filmmakers to apply for the chance to participate in the 5th annual Global Film Expression Conference from 17-19 December 2021 - apply here. ...
15 September, 2021
Vacancy: Administrative Assistant (part time)
IEFTA is looking for a motivated part-time administrative assistant to support its international team. Think you might fit the bill? Apply today. (Submission deadline: 31 October 2021)...
08 September, 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
‘Beyond the Raging Sea’ Docu Sets for Monaco Streaming Film Festival
The documentary “Beyond the Raging Sea” makes its European premiere July 4 as the centerpiece presentation of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival. ...
03 July, 2021
Introducing Fireside Chat Series with Engage at DFM
Durban FilmMart, Cairo Film Connection and IEFTA collaborate to present two fireside chats hosted by Engage, with the first one to be kicked off at DFM....
29 June, 2021
5 Alumni Projects participate at Durban FilmMart 2021
5 Lusophone Africa Projects to participate in Durban FilmMart’s Story Junction from 16 - 25 July 2021....
22 June, 2021
MALMO Wins for IEFTA Alumni
"Cinderella" and "Goodbye Julia" win awards at the Malmo Arab Film Festival 2021...
22 June, 2021
2021 Industry Week Wraps with $110K first look Pitch Prizes Awarded
"Made in Ethiopia" by Tamara Dawit (Ethiopia/ Canada) is awarded the Canadian Forum Pitch Prize....
21 June, 2021
Durban FilmMart Institute Announces 2021 Finance Forum Projects
"Hamlet from the Slums" - Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh & Ahmed Amer (Egypt) will be in the Durban FilmMart finance forum....
21 June, 2021
Comedy Lab’s selection, a brand new TFL Next workshop
Divine Factory producer, and 2020 IEFTA Cannes Doc Winner, Alemberg Ang is selected for his project “Ninja from Manila” at the first ever TFL Comedy Lab....
21 June, 2021
“Fight” wins Lyon Capitale TV deal and a will be pitched at Sunny Side of the Doc
Lilit Movsisyan's “Fight” now hs Lyon Capitale TV on board and it will also be pitched at Sunny Side of the Doc during a Panorama on Central & Eastern Europe....
21 June, 2021
Sundance Institute Awards Grants to 18 Documentary Projects
"Gross National Happiness” [produced or directed by] Arun Bhattari, and Lara Sousa’s “The Ship and the Sea” selected to receive grant funding from Sundance...
08 June, 2021