Max Helmueller ’24 was awarded Best in Show-Adult Short at the Academy Art Museum’s 48-Hour Video Race. The award also includes a spot in the 2025 Ocean City Film Festival and a cash prize.
The Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland has been running the 48-hour film festival for 3 years. They partner with area film festivals to put on the event. Helmueller participated in the video race in 2023 with fellow Auggie Esmeralda Galicia Arellano ’24 and created “Decay”. You can watch the 2023 showcase online.
This year’s film, the “The Audience Member” was directed and edited by Helmueller. Current Augsburg students Max Jacobson (actor, story), Percy Bartelt (cinematographer, sound, lighting), Savanna Gorbunow (story, cinematographer), and Lily Douglas (production assistant) also helped create the film. The filmmakers were given a theme (freedom) and a prop (money) and then had just 48 hours to make the film.
Congrats to Max and the entire production team!