It is the only event of its kind in Eastern Europe, co-organized with New York based Black Rabbit Films and Champs-Elysees Film Festival in Paris. Invite-only screenings featured six projects selected among forty submissions of independent American feature-length projects in the final editing stages.
This year's awarded projects and awards are:
Homefront, dir.Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker, prod. Sofia Rosenzweig, Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker, will receive color correction by Chimney Poland, sound mix by Alvernia (worth up to $10,000 each), plus an allowance of 3000 PLN for the flight to Warsaw (from Film Commission Poland).
God Bless the Child, dir. Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, prod. Robert John Thomas, Laura Heberton, Robert Machoian, awards: creative sound design by Soundflower, and promotion through the Europa Distribution network.
Pangea, dir.Malcolm Murray, prod. Liz Tran, an award: soundtrack composition by Soundflower.
Take Me to the River, dir. Matt Sobel, prod. Nick Case, Matt Sobel, awards: acquisition from Ale kino+ channel and a free pass to the Producers' Network Pass at Cannes FF 2015.
The 2014 US in Progress formula was expanded to include a location scouting tour in Lower Silesia (organized by the main sponsor of the program, Wrocław Film Commission), as well as a presentation of Polish projects looking for American co-producers. Polish filmmakers are increasingly seeking North American partners and are interested in learning more about new and alternative ways to produce and finance films outside the mainstream system.
