This year’s festival will include an inaugural virtual reality strand and a co-production forum focused on UK-Ibero-American relations.Scroll down for line-up
The 24th Raindance Film Festival has revealed its line-up, with 90 feature films set to be screened in London September 21 – October 2.
This year’s jury will be comprised of Stephen Fry (V For Vendetta), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch), Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies), Jack Davenport (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy) and American artist David Datuna.
They will preside over awards for a competition line-up that features the international premiere of Stephen Elliott’s After Adderall, a semi-autobiographical story about the production of the film adaptation of Elliott’s memoirs. Receiving its European premiere will be Japanese director Yoshiyuki Kishi’s A Double Life, about a young woman who is assigned to follow a stranger.
Among the seven UK premieres playing in competition are Indian drama [link=tt...
The 24th Raindance Film Festival has revealed its line-up, with 90 feature films set to be screened in London September 21 – October 2.
This year’s jury will be comprised of Stephen Fry (V For Vendetta), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch), Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies), Jack Davenport (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy) and American artist David Datuna.
They will preside over awards for a competition line-up that features the international premiere of Stephen Elliott’s After Adderall, a semi-autobiographical story about the production of the film adaptation of Elliott’s memoirs. Receiving its European premiere will be Japanese director Yoshiyuki Kishi’s A Double Life, about a young woman who is assigned to follow a stranger.
Among the seven UK premieres playing in competition are Indian drama [link=tt...
- 8/25/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Us in Progress Wrocław is one of the most important networking events in Europe for U.S filmmakers! There are only a few days left to submit your project. Deadline is August 3. More info can be found Here
Last year’s winner of the 2014 Us in Progress Wrocław, Fidel R. Ruiz-Healy - the co-director/producer of “The Homefront” - worked in Warsaw on post-production.
In October 2014, during the American Film Festival's Us in Progress program, “The Homefront” was awarded free color-correction services from one of the leading post-production houses - international group Chimney.
“The Homefront” (co-directed/produced by Tyler Walker) is a stylish dark-comedy, a parody of an American nuclear family forced under occupation in a dystopian world. With support from Film Commission Poland, Fidel worked in Chimney's Warsaw studio with world-recognized colorist Wiktor Sasim.
This is how Fidel described his experience:
"After working with Chimney-Poland, it's going to be hard to work with anyone else. Wiktor and the Chimney staff took 'The Homefront' and made it part of their family. From day one, they were committed to creating a unique and appropriate look that captured the tone of our film. Using Nucoda, Wiktor would meticulously make sure that not a single color value was out of place, re-watching the film to ensure that our look worked, not only consistently through each scene, but thematically through the narrative arch of the film. I arrived with a film shot in difficult circumstances that was rough around the edges. I came home with a film as bleak and sardonic as the script. I expected professional technicians, but also found friends and collaborators that I expect to work with again in the near future. Ula Sniegowska of the American Ff and Wojtek Kabarowski of The Chimney, believed in our offbeat film and, through U.S in Progress, created an opportunity for us as independent American Filmmakers that would seem like a pipe dream in the U.S. I would encourage anyone with a film ready for post to submit for consideration."
American producers are welcome to send 30 minutes of their rough-cut through www.usinprogress.pl or usinprogress.com with no submission fee.
U.S. in Progress is organized in the frame of the American Film Festival and offers:
*exposure to top European buyers
*awards of post-production services from top Polish post companies
*networking in a safe and professional environment.
Last year’s winner of the 2014 Us in Progress Wrocław, Fidel R. Ruiz-Healy - the co-director/producer of “The Homefront” - worked in Warsaw on post-production.
In October 2014, during the American Film Festival's Us in Progress program, “The Homefront” was awarded free color-correction services from one of the leading post-production houses - international group Chimney.
“The Homefront” (co-directed/produced by Tyler Walker) is a stylish dark-comedy, a parody of an American nuclear family forced under occupation in a dystopian world. With support from Film Commission Poland, Fidel worked in Chimney's Warsaw studio with world-recognized colorist Wiktor Sasim.
This is how Fidel described his experience:
"After working with Chimney-Poland, it's going to be hard to work with anyone else. Wiktor and the Chimney staff took 'The Homefront' and made it part of their family. From day one, they were committed to creating a unique and appropriate look that captured the tone of our film. Using Nucoda, Wiktor would meticulously make sure that not a single color value was out of place, re-watching the film to ensure that our look worked, not only consistently through each scene, but thematically through the narrative arch of the film. I arrived with a film shot in difficult circumstances that was rough around the edges. I came home with a film as bleak and sardonic as the script. I expected professional technicians, but also found friends and collaborators that I expect to work with again in the near future. Ula Sniegowska of the American Ff and Wojtek Kabarowski of The Chimney, believed in our offbeat film and, through U.S in Progress, created an opportunity for us as independent American Filmmakers that would seem like a pipe dream in the U.S. I would encourage anyone with a film ready for post to submit for consideration."
American producers are welcome to send 30 minutes of their rough-cut through www.usinprogress.pl or usinprogress.com with no submission fee.
U.S. in Progress is organized in the frame of the American Film Festival and offers:
*exposure to top European buyers
*awards of post-production services from top Polish post companies
*networking in a safe and professional environment.
- 8/23/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Homefront, God Bless the Child, among winners.
Homefront, God Bless the Child, Pangea and Take Me to the River were winners at the Us Works in Progress co-production forum of the fifth American Film Festival (Oct 21-26) in Wrocław, Poland.
The Homefront, which tells the story of a family’s struggles years into an invasion of the United States, took the forum’s main prize.
Directors Fidel Ruiz-Healy and Tyler Walker will receive colour correction by Chimney Poland, sound mix by Alvernia (worth up to $10,000 each), and an allowance of 3000 Pln ($900) for their flights to Warsaw (from Film Commission Poland).
God Bless the Child follows a 13-year old who must take care of her four younger brothers.
Directors Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and producer Robert John Thomas were at the festival and receive creative sound design by Soundflower and promotion through the Europa Distribution network.
Directed by Malcolm Murray and produced by Liz Tran, Pangea won soundtrack...
Homefront, God Bless the Child, Pangea and Take Me to the River were winners at the Us Works in Progress co-production forum of the fifth American Film Festival (Oct 21-26) in Wrocław, Poland.
The Homefront, which tells the story of a family’s struggles years into an invasion of the United States, took the forum’s main prize.
Directors Fidel Ruiz-Healy and Tyler Walker will receive colour correction by Chimney Poland, sound mix by Alvernia (worth up to $10,000 each), and an allowance of 3000 Pln ($900) for their flights to Warsaw (from Film Commission Poland).
God Bless the Child follows a 13-year old who must take care of her four younger brothers.
Directors Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and producer Robert John Thomas were at the festival and receive creative sound design by Soundflower and promotion through the Europa Distribution network.
Directed by Malcolm Murray and produced by Liz Tran, Pangea won soundtrack...
- 10/29/2014
- ScreenDaily
Us in Progress 4th annual Coproduction Forum (October 22-25, 2014) held during the 5th American Film Festival in Wrocław (October 21-26) targets Polish and European film professionals to facilitate professional networking with young, independent filmmakers from the United States. It is the only event of its kind in Europe (except for its sister event held in July at the Champs Elysees Film Festival in Paris. Invitation-only screenings are screening six independent American feature-length films in the final editing stages, selected out of 40 submissions.
The 2014 Us in Progress Wrocław participants:
"Flycatcher," dir. Malcolm Murray
"God Bless the Child," dir. Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck & Robert Machoian
"The Homefront," dir. Tyler Walker & Fidel Ruiz Healy
"Nakom," dir. Travis Pittman & Kelly Daniela Norris
"Stinking Heaven," dir. Nathan Silver
"Take Me to the River," dir. Matt Sobel
All will attend the 3-day event in Wrocław.
The 2013 Us in Progress partners (who also provided the prizes - post-production service packages) include Platige Image, Di Factory, Alvernia and Soundflower Studio. This year, Chimney has joined the ranks, while prizes are also being offered by Producer's Network at Cannes and Ale Kino+ (TV rights acquisition offer).
Polish post-production studios are welcomed to take part in the program, offer their services or expand their network of potential international clients.In 2013, top prizes went to the producers of the film "Sun Belt Express" (dir. Evan Wolf Buxbaum) and "Lake Los Angeles" (dir. Mike Ott). Both films had their world premieres in the U.S.A and will screen this year in competition as part of the Spectrum section at the American Film Festival.
The best films from the last Paris (during the Champs-Elysees Film Festival) and Wrocław editions constitute the core of Aff repertoire and, after their world premieres, will compete in the Festival's Spectrum section. These include Onur Turkel's "Summer of Blood," Leah Meyerhoff's "I Believe in Unicorns" as well as "Sun Belt Express" and "Lake Los Angeles."
Importantly, reps of the top European distributors and sales agents can see unfinished projects and offer feedback and deals at the early stages of production (before screenings at Sundance or Berlinale) enabling the films to break through to the European market.
The 2014 Us in Progress formula is expanded to include a location scouting tour in Lower Silesia (in partnership with the 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.
For more information about Us in Progress visit Here...
The 2014 Us in Progress Wrocław participants:
"Flycatcher," dir. Malcolm Murray
"God Bless the Child," dir. Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck & Robert Machoian
"The Homefront," dir. Tyler Walker & Fidel Ruiz Healy
"Nakom," dir. Travis Pittman & Kelly Daniela Norris
"Stinking Heaven," dir. Nathan Silver
"Take Me to the River," dir. Matt Sobel
All will attend the 3-day event in Wrocław.
The 2013 Us in Progress partners (who also provided the prizes - post-production service packages) include Platige Image, Di Factory, Alvernia and Soundflower Studio. This year, Chimney has joined the ranks, while prizes are also being offered by Producer's Network at Cannes and Ale Kino+ (TV rights acquisition offer).
Polish post-production studios are welcomed to take part in the program, offer their services or expand their network of potential international clients.In 2013, top prizes went to the producers of the film "Sun Belt Express" (dir. Evan Wolf Buxbaum) and "Lake Los Angeles" (dir. Mike Ott). Both films had their world premieres in the U.S.A and will screen this year in competition as part of the Spectrum section at the American Film Festival.
The best films from the last Paris (during the Champs-Elysees Film Festival) and Wrocław editions constitute the core of Aff repertoire and, after their world premieres, will compete in the Festival's Spectrum section. These include Onur Turkel's "Summer of Blood," Leah Meyerhoff's "I Believe in Unicorns" as well as "Sun Belt Express" and "Lake Los Angeles."
Importantly, reps of the top European distributors and sales agents can see unfinished projects and offer feedback and deals at the early stages of production (before screenings at Sundance or Berlinale) enabling the films to break through to the European market.
The 2014 Us in Progress formula is expanded to include a location scouting tour in Lower Silesia (in partnership with the 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.
For more information about Us in Progress visit Here...
- 9/15/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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