The 15th edition of US in Progress will be held from November 4th till 8th in Warsaw and Wroclaw, as a part of the 16th American Film Festival in Wroclaw. The US in Progress 2025 edition is organized with support from the Polish Film Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Lower Silesia Wroclaw Film Commission – DCF and Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission. Invite-only screenings will feature nine projects selected from numerous submissions of independent American feature-length films in final editing stages.
The project holders will attend the presentations as well as one-on-one meetings with top European buyers and festival programmers and listen to presentations from Polish film organizations dealing with film production and promotion. The 2025 US in Progress partners, the leading Polish sound and image studios: Aeroplan Studios, ATM Virtual, Black Photon, DI Factory, EarWorks, Fixafilm, Orka, Platige Image, Soundflower Studio, Wroclaw Feature Film Studio and XANF provide in-kind awards of post-production service packages worth $10,000 - $25,000 each. New Europe Film Sales will award one project with sales and promotion consulting services and script consultation on the director's next project. DCF-Lower Silesia Film Centre will invite a project for a location scouting trip in the region. US in Progress also serves as a networking opportunity for attending Polish producers seeking partners from the US. Several Polish producers will attend a networking dinner with American producers. Additionally, there will be a panel discussion on AI in film open to the public.