{"id":1176896,"date":"2024-11-11T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/?p=1176896"},"modified":"2024-11-13T07:38:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:38:37","slug":"american-film-festival-us-in-progress-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/american-film-festival-us-in-progress-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"American Film Festival’s US in Progress Winners Include Under the Lights and Bunnylovr"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Film Festival has announced the nine winners of the US in Progress Wroc\u0142aw industry program, and they include Under the Lights<\/em> and Bunnylovr<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 14th edition of the program took place from Nov. 7-9 during the 15th American Film Festival. Each of the winning films, which are all works in progress, were eligible for post-production services sponsored by the program’s partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s program also included panels, discussions and one-on-one meetings between Polish and American producers with the goal of inspiring co-productions and future partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is put on by co-organizers Polish FIlm Institute and Lower Silesia Film Center as well as partners includingATM Virtual, Black Photon, DI Factory, Earworks, FixaFilm, Orka, Platige Image, Soundflower, XANF, Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, Wroclaw Feature Film Studio, New Europe Film Sales, Producers Guild of Poland, Polish Producers Alliance, and Variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the full list of winners and their prizes below, courtesy of AFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Read: <\/strong>Poland\u2019s American Film Festival Opens Doors to Canadians<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 American Film Festival US in Progress Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Under the Lights<\/em> directed by Miles Levin, produced by Natalie Metzger received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • the $50,000 cash prize for post-production in Poland awarded by the director of the\u00a0Polish Film Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • $10,000 post-production award from\u00a0Fixafilm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • $10,000 post-production award from \u00a0Di Factory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • DCF \u2013 Lower Silesia Film Centre\u00a0award, which is a location scouting tour in Lower Silesia for the next project for the producer;\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Bunnylovr<\/em> directed by Katarina Zhu, produced by Tristan Scott-Behrends, Rhianon Jones, Roger Mancusi, Ani Schroeder, and Rachel Sennott received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • $10,000 for sound design from\u00a0EarWorks<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • $10,000 post-production award from\u00a0XANF<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • $10,000 post-production award from\u00a0Fixafilm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • travel grant to Poland from\u00a0\u00a0New Europe Film Sales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      By Design<\/em> directed by Amanda Kramer, produced by Miranda Bailey, Sarah Winshall, Jacob Agger and Natalie Whalen received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • $10,000 post-production award from\u00a0ORKA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • $10,000 sound post-production\u00a0 from\u00a0Soundflower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Erupcja<\/em> directed by Pete Ohs produced by Luke Arreguin, Josh Godfrey, Jeremy O. Harris, Pete Ohs, Charli xcx received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • the $10,000 post-production award from\u00a0Platige Image<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • the $10,000 post-production award from\u00a0Black Photon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Figments of Freedom<\/em>\u00a0directed by Mark Webber, produced by Mark Webber, Sia Furler, Dustin Hughes received the\u00a0ATM Virtual\u00a0award \u2013 one day of shoot, preceded by one day of prelight, for the production of the winner\u2019s next feature film. The market value of the prize is $25,000;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Lockjaw\u00a0<\/em>directed by Sabrina Greco, produced by Abbie Jones, Josh Jason, and Molly Gilula was awarded $10,000 post-production award from\u00a0Wroc\u0142aw Feature Film Studio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Baby Love\u00a0<\/em>directed by Joseph Marconi, produced by Lysette Urus, Maury Sterling received a special mention: $5,000 worth deliverables from\u00a0Di Factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The Scout<\/em> directed by Paula Gonz\u00e1lez-Nasser produced by Ryan Martin Brown, Matthew Romanski, Paula Gonz\u00e1lez-Nasser, received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • promotional and sales consultation from\u00a0New Europe Film Sales. Additionally the director received script consultation on her next project\u00a0 from\u00a0\u00a0New Europe Film Sales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • a special mention: $5,000 worth deliverables from\u00a0Di Factory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Lucas and Iris <\/em>directed by Keith Miller, produced by Matt Grady, Keith Miller, Joyce Mishaan received a travel grant to Poland from the New Horizons Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Main Image: U.S. in Progress program 2024, photo by Jerzy Wypych<\/em>, American Film Festival<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The American Film Festival has announced the nine winners of the US in Progress Wroc\u0142aw industry program, and they include […]","protected":false},"author":1734,"featured_media":1176899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"disable_comments":false,"tpd_featured_posts_arr":"","hide_featured_img_single_post":false,"msn_featured_video":[],"_msn_custom_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41495],"tags":[],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-1176896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-festivals"],"primary_category":{"term_id":41495,"name":"Film Festivals","slug":"film-festivals","taxonomy":"category","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/category\/film-festivals\/"},"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heretic-2-1.jpg","fimg_url_thumb":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heretic-2-1.jpg","featured_img_medium":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heretic-2-1.jpg","author_name":"Margeaux Sippell","author_avatar":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=100,height=100,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image_6487327.jpg","author_link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/author\/margeaux-sippell\/","post_categories":["Film Festivals"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"American Film Festival’s US in Progress Winners Include Under the Lights and Bunnylovr","url":"http:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/american-film-festival-us-in-progress-winners\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/american-film-festival-us-in-progress-winners\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heretic-2-1.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=576,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heretic-2-1.jpg"},"articleSection":"Film Festivals","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Margeaux Sippell"}],"creator":["Margeaux Sippell"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MovieMaker Magazine","logo":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mm_site_logo-2.svg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-11-11T18:57:59Z","datePublished":"2024-11-11T18:57:59Z","dateModified":"2024-11-13T15:38:37Z"},"rendered":"