International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) Presents Film Programs, Panels, Awards & Receptions

 At the 2022 Marché du Film & Cannes Docs Events, Festival De Cannes IEFTA, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Telling The Real Story present The 5th Edition of REFUGEE VOICES IN FILM

Saturday, 21 May at Noon in Palais lFollowed By Q &A

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Sunday, 22 May at Noon in Palais l Followed By UNHCR Roundtable Discussion

Participate in discussions on how you can getinvolved and contribute to create change.

Please note only people accredited with a Marché du Film or Festival badge can attend

IEFTA In Collaboration With The Marché du Film-Festival De Cannes Announces For The Fourth Year IEFTA’s Sponsorship Of A 10,000€ Prize For Docs-in-Progress At The Marché’s Cannes Docs

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IEFTA, in conjunction with Arab Cinema Centre, and MAD Solutions presents At The Carlton Beach “The Critics Awards for Arab Films Ceremony”

And Special Honor To UNHCR

The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) returns to Cannes for the Twelfth Year with film programs, panels, awards, and cocktail receptions. IEFTA promotes cultural diversity and international understanding and engages the art of cinema. Central to the IEFTA mandate is discovering and developing new film talent from emerging regions, globally, and connecting them with established members of the entertainment community and to foster relationships that are, mentoring, inspiring and educational.

IEFTA is proud to say that two of our recent film talent alumni have been selected for the Cannes festival’s mentorship and funding platforms. Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh’s Hamlet from the Slums is among 15 projects chosen for L’Atelier co-production forum, and Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore is one of 10 films selected for La Fabrique Cinema program.

IEFTA is also celebrating its fifth year collaborating with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presenting films and programs which help bring awareness to the current global humanitarian crisis.

The 5th edition of Refugee Voices in Film, a presentation of the ongoing partnership between the UNHCR’s “Telling The Real Story” program and IEFTA, honours the imaginative and humanitarian efforts of filmmakers as they document the experience of those enduring irregular migration, whether from violence, famine or political oppression. Using Narrative, Documentary and Animation formats, selected filmmakers — many of them refugees themselves — share untold stories of refugees everywhere. Here, refugees speak out about not only loss and desperation, but also resilience and hope. Witness the impact of film in giving a powerful voice to the displaced and dispossessed.

Returning to Cannes Docs, where the original ‘Refugee Voices in Film’ played back in 2016, the 5th edition program has gained traction premiering in El Gouna Film Festival in 2021, and also playing at Berlin’s EFM earlier this year.

This year’s program at the Marché du Film features works from TRS that focus on the experience of women. Screenings and panels are at Noon on 21 & 22 May in Palais 1.

1. The Journey Directed by Pantera Through Anonymous Content

2. ‘Zahra & Nura’s Story’ Directed by Menna Hamdy

3. ‘Haweya’s Story’ Directed by Moges Tafesse

4. ‘Muna’s Story’ Directed by Ragnhild Ek

5. ‘Maymun’s Story’ Directed by Neil Bell

The program can be found here: https://vimeo.com/668581509 — password: TRS2021

Both screenings will allow the audience to participate and engage in real time through QR codes, collectively encouraging involvement, and ultimately translating into action and positive impact for refugees. There is also the option to attend the virtual screenings aired simultaneously. Please visit marchedufilm.online for more information

“In our long-standing partnership with IEFTA, UNHCR is excited to pilot this program with our Innovation team, to see how we can translate reaction into meaningful action. Storytelling has always proven to be a powerful medium to shifts hearts and minds, and we are keen to learn how to harness this immediate emotional response in real time and direct it towards positive change.” — Anadil Hossain, UNHCR Principal Communications Advisor

For the fourth year, IEFTA will sponsor a cash award of 10,000€ given to one of the 32 docs-in-progress from eight presenting partners participating in the Marché’s Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Cannes Docs program headed by Pierre-Alexis Chevit, Head of Cannes Docs.

We at Cannes Docs — Marché du Film are truly grateful for our ongoing partnership with IEFTA, this year for the 7th in a row. One could point out that not only has our collaboration carried on during the pandemic, but it’s actually been expanding up to this back to May, onsite edition! This year, the collaboration comprises 2 presentations of the 5thedition of Refugee Voices in Film, the €10,000 cash IEFTA Award for one of the competing docs-in-progress, not forgetting an IEFTA-hosted Happy Hour on May 21st, for the sheer pleasure of networking! We’re very happy to be rolling out all of this together once again this year, and looking forward to many more years of cooperation.

Each year, Cannes Docs partners with a number of festivals and organizations from all over the world to showcase curated selections of docs-in-progress in finalization stage, aiming to hit the circuit within a few weeks or months. These showcases of docs-in-progress are primarily designed for decision makers looking for fresh new titles, in particular festival programmers and sales agents. The projects are also generally in search of post-production funding or general gap financing, and sometimes still open to co-production opportunities. All the showcases are composed of four projects, each presented in the form of a pitch and a 10-minute excerpt of the rough cut.

This year the Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Cannes Docs come from: New Zealand, Canada, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Japan, Chile, and the Circle Women Doc Accelerator

And, lastly, in conjunction with the Arab Cinema Centre, and MAD Solutions (Egypt), IEFTA will be co-hosting a cocktail reception at the Carlton Beach Club to celebrate the work of UNHCR. This event is being held in conjunction with the The Critics Awards for Arab Films Ceremony, an initiative created by the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), that brings together the finest film critics from all over the world to select the best Arab films every year. “IEFTA is one of the key supporters of Arab Cinema and we are proud that they are part of this year’s ceremony of the 6th edition of The Critics Awards for Arab Films,” stated Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab co-founders of MAD Solutions & Arab Cinema Center.

“We are honored to collaborate again this year with the UN refugee agency and the Marché Du FIlm’s Cannes Docs on multiple screenings highlighting the plight of refugees. Now more than ever, this program needs to be seen, discussed, shared and brought up in discussions beyond the people it directly impacts,” states IEFTA President Marco Orsini. “This year is especially rewarding from IEFTA’s perspective, from our continued relationship with the ACC and MAD Solutions, to see several of our alumni engaging the film world independently at this year’s festival. They represent the Horn of Africa and the MENA Region in documentary and narrative feature projects. We wish them luck and we hope you take the time to consider their work.”