16th TAURON American Film Festival: thank you!
Our festival neighborhood seemed endless: for nearly a week, AFF settled into the New Horizons Cinema, and until yesterday, it lived under your roofs as well, thanks to the online screenings. But every suburbia — even the largest — has its borders, and today we’ve reached the final lines that frame the 16th edition. But! When we look back, we can honestly say that together we built something truly special. So before we say “see you soon,” we first want to bow to you and say a heartfelt “thank you!”
The construction of the AFF suburbs was a long and intricate process, and it comes with an equally long list of people to thank. We take this as a compliment: the remarkable community that supports the festival is proof that dreaming our American dream together is not only worthwhile, but necessary.
We would like to begin with our most important neighbors: you, our beloved audience. Thank you for your laughter during Freaks & Geeks screenings, for the curiosity you brought to Politics on Screen, for the warmth with which you welcomed Susan Seidelman, Alexandre O. Philippe, and our other AFF guests, for practicing festival democracy while voting in the competitions, for the hours spent talking, and dancing, in the corridors of New Horizons, and finally, for opening your homes to us during the online edition. As the AFF collective, we speak with one voice: we envy ourselves for having you, we already miss you, and we can’t wait for the 17th edition.
And speaking of the collective: without you, Dear Volunteers, there would be no team. We are grateful that we could create a space for hands-on learning, but (we know, we’re not reinventing America here) the truth is that you continually teach us empathy, creativity, and attentiveness. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We would like to express our gratitude to the patron of the American Film Festival — the Municipality of Wrocław. Building festival suburbs in such a warm and open-minded city is a pure pleasure.
Special thanks go to the TAURON Group, which took us under its wing and brought fresh energy to the entire event. Dear Title Partner, it was a dream beginning to a beautiful journey.
We would like to thank our main partners: the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Polish Film Institute.
We would also like to thank the festival’s partners: the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute, Mercedes-Benz – Wróbel Group, LUX MED Group, Pranamat, SkyShowtime, and Corona Cero.
Bows to our supporting partners — this year they were: the Marshal's Office of Lower Silesia, Coconaut, Concordia Design and Concordia Taste, Renoma, California Wines, Kwiaty Kawy i inne, Portal Immersja, TVS Styk, Radio LUZ, Wrocław Literature House; publishing houses: Czarne, Znak Literanova, Port, Filia; Tajne Komplety Film Bookstore, Gutek Film, Lower Silesian Film Center, My Air Bridge, Lower Silesian Railway, WATCH DOCS, Timeless Film Festival, Muranów Cinema, Zakwas Studio, CINEMAFORUM, Filmawka, SpoilerMaster – Podcast to listen to after the screening, Wchłonięty przez Orient, Central Cafe, Hotel Monopol, Hotel Herbal, PURO Wrocław, Focus Hotel Premium, and Korona Hotel Wrocław Market Square.
The AFF housing estate was the talk of the town! Our media partners made sure of that — thank you for the hundreds of articles, reviews, interviews, programs, recordings, and all other materials that created such a warm buzz around every corner of cinema. This year’s list of patrons included: TOK FM, Filmweb, Podkast amerykański, Radio 357, Radio RAM, Radio Wrocław, Radio Wrocław Kultura, Radio Kampus, AMS, TVP3 Wrocław, TVP Info, Gazeta Wyborcza, Wysokie Obcasy, Zwierciadło magazine, Vogue, Pismo. Magazyn Opinii, KINO monthly, MINT Magazine, Polityka weekly, Pełna Sala portal, newonce, and Variety.
We would also like to thank other friends, individuals, and institutions that supported us this year: Kaffe Bageri Stockholm, Paloma Coffee, the Avalon Foundation, Fundacja Katarynka (Foundation for Audio Description Progress), Moco Home, Protip Bars&Beyond, Studio Advert Printing House, the DKJ Project and Joanna Juszkiewicz, Uniq Polimedia Printing House, adsystem, Prof. Małgorzata Dajewska, the PANATO Cooperative, and Homework Graphic Studio: Joanna Górska, Jerzy Skakun, and Katarzyna Dudziec.
Once again, we would like to thank all the institutions and companies that helped us organize the US in Progress industry event. Special thanks go to the Marshal's Office of Lower Silesia, the Polish Film Institute, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and the Lower Silesian Film Center.
This long list is signed by the New Horizons Association and Cinema. Thank you, see you in 2026, and in the meantime, visit KNH and explore the American treasures waiting for you on the New Horizons VOD platform!
