Here is what AIB 2013 film alumni Christopher Helkey had to say about his week at the Berlin International Short Film Festival:
"The Berlin International Short Film Festival was an amazing experience. It was right in the heart of down town Berlin at the Babylon Cinema. It was awesome and inspiring to watch some of the best short films from around the world. The festival ran for one week and there was 10 blocks of films that all together totaled around 50 short films. I was lucky enough to have been able to attend every block of films. The talented German composer Steven Settinger who created the music for my film was able to meet me in Berlin and attend the screening with me. The films ranged from short documentaries all the way to intense mystery dramas and horror films. The only limitation for these films was they had to be under the 50 minute time limit.
I felt very honored that my short documentary “The Magic Moment” was selected as one of the films for the Berlin Short Film festival! I made the film well studying abroad in Germany and I felt very blessed to be able to go back to Germany and attend the festival.
It was amazing to see my film play on screen in Berlin. The film was received very well by the audience in the screening. Meeting the other directors and filmmakers who had produced such great films was a very important part of the festival. I met many great filmmakers and made many great connections through the festival. The screenings would happen at night from around 6pm to 9pm. And afterwards I would go out into the city with some of the other filmmakers. It was interesting and fun to meet and talk about filmmaking with filmmakers from other countries. The whole experience was both amazing and professionally rewarding."
Here is a link to some photos from Berlin:
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s126/sh/5440a961-7ace-4bef-b8bf-c884714708c7/d81858b401a0337558e39fa1969d888b
After making the video public a week ago right before Christopher left Bonn it had gotten over 90 thousands views online. Many major online sites have done articles about it. Here is one of those articles:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/spectacular-paper-pop-up-sculptures-designed-by-peter-dahmen
and here is the link to his film:
https://vimeo.com/98760774
Christopher was also contacted by a producer at WGN-TV Morning News in Chicago who is going to air part of the film!!
