Participants of US & Canada in Progress Wroclaw 2021 Announced!

The event aims to facilitate professional networking among European and Polish film professionals and independent filmmakers from the United States and Canada. Invite-only online and onsite work in progress screenings will feature six projects selected from numerous submissions of independent American and Canadian feature-length films in final editing stages. 

Congratulations to the 2021 US & Canada in Progress Wroclaw participants:

• Jethica by Pete Ohs prod. Pete Ohs
• Montreal Girls by Patricia Chica produced by Bahija Essoussi, Samuel Gagnon, Patricia Chica
• Mother of Color by Dawn Jones Redstone produced by Tara Johnson-Medinger, Ashley Mellinger
• Swallowed  by Carter Smith produced by Noah Lang, Ross O'Connor, Carter Smith
• Way Out Ahead of Us by Rob Rice produced by Matt Porterfield, Mark Staggs, Rui Xu, Rob Rice
• You & I  by Summer Shelton produced by Clayne Crawford, Todd Remis, Summer Shelton

The directors and/or producers who attend the event will have a chance to network with top European festival programmers and buyers. The 2021 US in Progress Wrocław partners provide in-kind awards of post-production service packages from leading Polish sound and image studios:

• Black Photon
• Fixafilm 
• Orka Studio
• a soundmix or score composed by Maciej Zielinski from Soundflower Studio 
• XANF

The Director of the Polish Film Institute will award one project with a $10,000 cash prize for post-production in Poland. Other awards include an acquisition offer from Canal+ group (Ale Kino+ television channel) and a free pass to next year’s Cannes Producers' Network. 

The event will be complemented by Polish-American co-production meetings, a networking opportunity for Polish producers seeking partners from the US and US producers willing to work in/with Poland. The event will feature presentations of Polish production incentives, and industry panel talks. 

To learn more or contact US in Progress please email: aff@snh.org.pl