VIRTUAL COCKTAIL
“Hello My Name is Friend-Man” is about a student documentary crew following the story of a hero wielding the power of friendship.
Our short film had its festival debut at the 2023 GenCon Film Festival. It has gone on to win Best Comedy at 2023 Indy PopCon International Film Festival and Best Humor at the 2024 Comic Con International Independent Film Festival. The film is available to watch now on the Virtual Cocktail channel here.
- Written & Directed by Sebastian Russell and Sean Paul Russell
- Produced by Maggie Crady
- Assistant Director Alex Klosowski
- Audio Recording by Michael Cole
- Score by Brody McFaden
- Costumes by Kayla Cieslinski and Sean Paul Russell
- Behind the Scenes Coverage by Jack Paley
The Loveland Frog is our first Virtual Cocktail project shot in Cincinnati. It made its festival debut at Indy PopCon International Film Festival (2024) and showed at the GenCon Film Festival (2024).
“The Armor” was created for the My Rode Reel 2021 film competition. It was also shown at GenCon Film Festival (2022), Indy PopCon International Film Festival (2022), Indy Film Fest (2022), Hoosier Films Annual Festival (2022), and The Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival (2022). It won the Audience Choice award at the Montage Film Festival at Indiana University (2022) and placed 1st in the College Short Film category from the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (2022).
Our other short films can be viewed on the Virtual Cocktail YouTube channel.