tuesday, october 21st
arrivals
7.00 pm American Film Festival opening ceremony + screening of Whiplash, dir. by Damien Chazelle
new horizons cinema/ kino nowe horyzonty, theatre 1
19a-21 kazimierza wielkiego str., Wrocław
followed by a cocktail in the theatre hall
and a reception at
nietota, 50 kazimierza wielkiego str.
https://www.facebook.com/KlubNietota
wednesday, october 22nd
8.45 AM departure for the location scouting trip in Lower Silesia (including lunch at Książ Castle) from Puro hotel
http://www.en.ksiaz.walbrzych.pl/
Please confirm your participation with Filip Grabowski, AFF's Head of Guest Office +48 513 232 527 or filip.grabowski@snh.org.pl by Friday October 17th, 10am CET.
6.00 pm welcome drink
6.30 pm introductory panel european film market vs the american system
with participation of Whit Stillman (director, Indie Star honoree), Sydney Levine (Sydneysbuzz.com), Leah Meyerhoff, Mike Ott, Shawn Telford and Michael Tully (alumni of US in Progress Paris and Wrocław) and Adeline Monzier (BlackRabbit Films)
co-organized by FilmPro, moderated by Gosia Sandecka (Neseser Consulting)
puro hotel, AVI conference room, 6 włodkowica str.
7.30-8.00 pm welcome drinks & snacks ctd.
puro hotel, 6 włodkowica str.
8.00 pm welcome dinner
gospoda wroclawska restaurant, 6 sukiennice (rynek/ market square)
http://www.gospodawroclawska.pl/
11.00 pm - 1 am aff happy hours
nietota 50 kazimierza wielkiego str.
thursday, october 23rd
all US in Progress screenings take place at
new horizons cinema/ kino nowe horyzonty, theatre 6
19a-21 kazimierza wielkiego str.
9.30 am registration and coffee
9.45 am opening remarks
10.00 am screening 1: the homefront (80 min)
presented by directors/ producers Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker
11.30 am partner presentation 1 (Chimney Poland)
11.40 am screening 2: god bless the child (100 min)
presented by Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck (directors) and Rob Thomas (producer)
1.30 pm lunch
gospoda wroclawska restaurant, 6 sukiennice (rynek/ market square)
3.00 pm screening 3 take me to the river (85 min)
presented by Matt Sobel (director / producer)
4.40 pm partner presentation 2 (Maciek Zieliński & Soundflower)
4.50 pm screening 4 stinking heaven (75 min)
presented by Nathan Silver (director) and Rachel Wolther (producer)
6.10 pm partner presentation 3 (Wroclaw Film Commission and Film Commission Poland)
7.30 pm film fatales panel (with participation of women filmmakers attending us in progress and the aff)
kino nowe horyzonty, theatre 4
8.30 pm dinner
zlota restaurant, 6 rynek/ market square
11.00 pm - 1 am aff happy hours
nietota, 50 kazimierza wielkiego str.
friday, october 24th
9.30 am screening 5: nakom (95 min)
presented by Kelly Daniela Norris (director), Travis Pittman (writer/director)
11.10 am screening 6: pangea (80 min)
presented by Malcolm Murray (director) and Liz Tran (producer)
12.30 pm Polish and European projects seek American co-producer, project pitching session
1.30 pm lunch
gospoda wroclawska restaurant, 6 sukiennice (rynek/ market square)
3.30 – 7.30 pm one to one meetings
attendance obligatory as everybody meets everybody!
puro hotel EXE conference room, 6 włodkowica str.
3.30 pm jury meeting
puro hotel lobby, 6 włodkowica str.
6.00 pm Whit Stillman masterclass, kino nowe horyzonty, theatre 8
8.00 pm dinner and awards (with the attendance of Indie Star Honoree Whit Stillman)
sofitel old town hotel, 67 św. Mikołaja str.
http://www.accorhotels.com/pl/hotel-5345-sofitel-wroclaw-old-town/location.shtml
11.00 pm aff happy hours
nietota 50 kazimierza wielkiego str.
saturday / sunday, october 26/27th
departures (or further festival activities)
Please note the complete program of the American Film Festival including other screenings by former US in Progress participating films:
Paris 2012: Desert Cathedral (Travis Gutierrez Senger, director and producers Barbara Norris and Sabrina Norris attending)
Paris 2013: B.F.E (Shawn Telford), I Believe in Unicorns (Leah Meyerhoff) Ping Pong Summer (Michael Tully), directors attending
Wroclaw 2013: Lake Los Angeles (director Mike Ott present), Summer of Blood, Sun Belt Express, Wild Canaries
as well as the previous Nathan Silver’s film Uncertain Terms in the festival competition.
Please find enclosed a map with all the locations of the event:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zrcv7NeOfBKk.k1lcRS8N5IHI