The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA), a Monaco based not for profit organization working with filmmakers from emerging economies, will participate in the  “Berlinale Africa Hub,” an initiative of the European Film Market (EFM), providing an international forum for communication and networking for African filmmakers and creatives, as well as for filmmakers who are active on the continent, in particular in its sub-Saharan regions. Bernadette Schram welcomes us at the African Hub and told filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin a bit more about her organization.

On 12 February, at the Africa Hub, IEFTA will present Encouraging Collaboration with Emerging Filmmakers, to discusses how they support talent in emerging markets, in particular Ethiopia, and how international film festivals, local filmmakers and organisations prosper within this collaboration. Time: 11:30 - 12:00

Later that afternoon, IEFTA supports the panel discussion Spotlight: Ethiopia’s Emerging Film Industry, a discussion on the emerging film industry in Ethiopia, moderated by Martha Fessehatzion and featuring IEFTA ambassadors Beza Hailu Lemma and Henok Mebratu. Time: 15:30 - 16:30

These panels will be followed by a networking cocktail hour hosted by IEFTA. Time 17:00-18:00.