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American Film Festival’s U.S. in Progress Gets Ready to Top Previous Edition as Alumni ‘Take Festivals by Storm’
U.S. in Progress, industry sidebar of Poland's American Film Festival, ready to top last year’s edition as alumni take festivals by storm.
Tyler Taormina’s “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” was also shown at the French fest, described by Variety ’s Jessica Kiang as “a sweet, nostalgic love letter to suburban holiday-season rituals.” Monica Sorelle’s “Mountains” and Shane Atkinson’s “LaRoy, Texas” were selected for Tribeca, Georden West’s “Playland” for IFFR, while “Falling Stars,” directed by Richard Karpala and Gabriel Bienczycki, and Lucy Kerr’s “Family Portrait” seduced Locarno programmers. It has been a major focus for us at Vanishing Angle to really build audiences all over the world and U.S. in Progress helps bridge that gap for filmmakers,” adds Benjamin Wiessner, who produced “Cold Wallet.” “The difference is impactful for the films they select, but that can really echo to make their second and third features that much more possible with that international support.”
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