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๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐-๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐-๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐. ๐
๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ โ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ (๐ก๐๐ก๐) ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ โ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ โ (๐ ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ) ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐-๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ. ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ~๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ~ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐. Endless thanks to everyone involved in pulling it off the with the swag we did.
โForeverโ by @hovvdy
โDuring a house party, a young man finds himself in a โlove at first sightโ situation. Invisible to other guests, the band scores his perception of this critical moment.
Starring:
@veronika_iscool
@kylefornow
@haleyuka
Director - ๐ง
Creative Director / Important Lord- @aada3m
Producer / EP - @bombvest
Associate Producer - Austin Frosch
DP - @adriannieto__
1st AC - @jakewolfert
Gaffer - @tron_boy_fresh
KG - @jakoblongcob
Location / Hero - @natalieviglucci
Colorist - @bfederman.xyz
Prod Sound - @justindfoxphoto
Sound Mix - @fracturednoise
Set Photographer and BTS - @connorytheballantyne
Photographer @you_alien
Shot on Kodak Motion Picture Film @kodak_shootfilm
Party Cast:
@caucasianjames
@leeban.farah
Austin Frosch
@natalieviglucci
@sofiaviglucci
@connorytheballantyne
@wesdunlap_images
@paigeagallagher
@dreamerboyblue
@sophiaziskin
@brettneustrom
@abhirajuu
@rhysdreyer
@sarloson
@savvyd2000
@averagefashionblogger
@becccamooore
@itsmaddykelly
@leoroch
@brandonshoop
@parkermul
@marshmulherin
Special Thanks:
@brooke__andersen
@bartondillingham
@jessicadimento
30 Jan 2024
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ is out now for everyone to watch (on your TV). If you got to see it in the big room at Village East or at the Enzo Film Fest you did it right, but for everyone else the day has come. Thank you @vimeo for back2back staff picks and giving the film(z) an Internet life. I had been dying to put Al and Eric in the same scene for nearly two years, and now everyone gets to share in that idea.
Very lucky (and thankful) to have had great actors prioritize making this. We set the date to shoot about two weeks out and had Al and Veronika flying into NYC around the rest of their hectic lives. Six weeks later it was beaming into 300+ people just blocks from where we shot (see next slide). I believe the people you see on screen are special. If you helped make this film or the April 27th screening night happen, you have my endless thanks. Everyone better laugh like Kyle in the final slide.
๐ซกโฅ๏ธโ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ
A guest speaker teaches that properties of scale (Big and Small) have no connection with something's moral status (Good and Bad). Things take a turn when the students he speaks to begin pointing out the glaring holes in his philosophy.
Starring
@al_warren_
@ericrahill
@veronika_iscool
@jordan_raf
Also with
@samantha___forever
@yo_ciano
Annie Trinder
Classroom Cast
@kylefornow
@zackvillere
@brooke__andersen
@manyuj
@vicnotnic
@dragon_paul_b
@portalfinder
EP @bombvest
Produced by @jessicadimento
Associate Producers: @my_special_soul & @portalfinder
Director of Photography
@bartondillingham
First AC / Gaffer / Cam Op
@notfromcolorado
Production Sound
@victor.anotherkid
Styling and Score
@kylefornow
Script & Creative Consultant: Austin Frosch
Color
@everydayisalifetime
Editorial Consultant
@dredford_
Sound Mix
@fracturednoise
MTS special thx in movie credits (IG says caption too long)
Song in recap vid is โStrong Spiritsโ by @thelife_ishere
Thx for photos & philosophical wisdom @connorytheballantyne
For event filming / photo / generally everything @jessicadimento
Other godly warriors @alexsovoda @leeban.farah @kentuckeraudley and Steve and Toz @villageeastbyangelika
29 Jun 2023
CIARรN- โRED 99โ ๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต
Made a video for the new album Rรณisรญn which we are all loving the music of. Posting the whole video as an IG reel because I like trying new things. I love listening to music. No idea what the emoji is or means but itโs red ๐ต or some shit and some sort of weird Italian written on there too. During the making of this we discovered the Chinese working women of Flushing wear matching white puffer jackets and leggings as an indicator for business which is amazing what you can learn when you closely watch a street from a car for a few hours try it sometime. Great song great album great friends.
directed by @ciaran_1111 and myself
director of photography @spenson
edit and color by @ciaran_1111
produced by @sam.callahan.movies
special thanks to @willnoyce @bigkid.tv @____tatie____
22 Oct 2026
The first (1) of four (4) videos for the new @hovvdy album โแทIG แฏOแแชแชโ โ to me, a ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ example of Good energy and simplicity and the infinite power of friendship and โThe Garageโ Mega thanks to Will and Charlie for always trusting me with things and especially @aidenulrich for coming on the way you did and being such a partner on this whole project and @spenson for being a proper genius with that idea. Thereโs much more to come, but for now listen toโฆ
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ by Hovvdy
Directed by __________
Director of Photography @aidenulrich
Produced by Michael Rees and Aiden Ulrich
Color by @bfederman.xyz
1st AC - @set.quoya
Gaffer - Johnny Gerhart
Special Thanks
Sarah Penson โค๏ธ @spenson
Adrian Nieto @adriannieto__
Aubrey Primer
KODAK Lab New York
Shot on KODAK Motion Picture Film
Arts and Crafts @artsandcrafts
Will Noyce @bigkid.tv @willnoyce
13 May 2026
Spent more time in rural Louisiana (THE PROPER SOUTH) this January and February than I have since high school which was a good recentering. Seems obvious but itโs super dooper important to spend as much time as possible in places that donโt exist on da web. Before we left, Sarah and I were able to capture this vibed out music video for @weareattaboy โ their new album is great and comes out soon โ this song really stuck out to me when I heard it. Pretty sure any still from this video could be a desktop background. Thanks to @edenbrolin and Lewis and TheBand and Mango and Presley and you the reader for reading this.
โOh Mamaโ
Cinematography by @spenson โค๏ธ
Produced by @bombvest
Addtl editing and sound design by @connorytheballantyne
Color by @benfederman
VFX @derek_stuff
Featuring Presley Mangrum
Special thanks to:
@zaiquiris_and_cream
@dannysmight
Bernie Brennan
Nick Brennan
Bogalusa, Louisiana
Panavision New Orleans
Will Noyce @bigkid.tv
30 Apr 2026
More and more I get a lot of questions about what was written vs. what is improv in ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ and my other stuffโ if you already know this you donโt have to read further โ with that said I like the script to establish whatโs happening then let improv color things in and create a fluidity and fun to being on set and also to leave things as simple set ups in the script without being too specific. This might be common knowledge but I think itโs important to really stress how important it is to how these things turn out. Use two cameras and crash actors together and donโt worry about getting coverage of everything that is a waste of time I find for this type of thing. Then casting and fun editing become the most important pillars rather than beating lines you wrote however long ago to death even if they arenโt working or if they are just more boring than anticipated just or donโt translate to screen. I sometimes like to see these script to screen videos and thought it would be fun to make one for this and it turned out to be fun to make so thatโs awesome. Love that people are still finding this film and hopefully will continue to do so. Thanks to everyone for the many @letterboxd reviews (some are really in depth) and taking the time to watch and share itโs still making the rounds OK GREAT #nice #summer
08 Jul 2025
I remember sitting on my couch with Andy in 2020 โ we had just watched I Know This Much Is True and I saw some of the best acting of my life watching Phil play a young man and his identical twin brother, who was starting to exhibit signs of severe mental illness and schizophrenia. His performance in that show is something I still think about a lot and led me to him years later. In late 2024, after like a year of talking here and there via text, we finally connected and plotted to make something ๐ ๐ฌ๐ด๐๐ฌ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ก๐ข. This is the result of like 100 Guinnesses and a couple of heavy brainstorm sessions in an effort to make something that takes what could easily just be a sketch idea and lift it to place with some magic and heart and meaning, so I think we succeeded there. Thanks to everyone who helped on this โ these wouldnโt happen without everyone really rooting for it and putting in more than is asked of you.
๐๐๐ญ-๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ-๐๐ซ๐ฌ
๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐โ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐รฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ย ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก.
Phil Ettinger @philipettinger
Veronika Slowikowska @veronika_iscool
Claire Banse @duanereadeofficial
Kyle Chase @kylefornow
Leigh Murray (godly online ghost)
Rachel Coster @rachelcoster
Richard Perez @richard_perez
Written and Directed by: ๐คฃ
Producer:@jessicadimento
Coordinator: @rewind003
1st AD: @milst
Cinematographer: @bartondillingham
B Cam Op / Greatest thing in my life @spenson
Gaffer / 1st AC: @space_magic
Wardrobe Stylist: @billieroseowen
HMU: @grey__hoffman
Set Decorator: @zsuzsamagyar
Set Dresser: @I3oothe
Production Sound: @victor.anotherkid
Set BTS photos: Abbigail Mancuso
Editors: me and austin frosch
Asst editor: @maddyvanburen
VFX: @derek_stuff
Colorist: Ben Federman @bfederman.xyz
Sound mix: @matthewrolllins
Score: Austin Frosch
GatorPoster design: @yellowretriever
Song in background by @hovvdy of course
Thank you for watching and sharing the movie and be sure to leave a review on Letterboxd๐ถ๏ธ
21 Apr 2025
For the SE7ENTH EDITION of ThisEventโข๏ธ we will back in everyoneโs Favorite movie theater in everyoneโs Favorite city. Thanks to everyone for making stuff even though its annoying to do for basically every second of the process except for when we get to watch it in a fire ass theater with our friends and family. Tickets are in my bio and the show will start around 9pm as usual.
Health Ensurance VOL7 x @perfectlyimperfect
With new work from:
@dan.streit
@itsbongoboy
@oksaywhen
๐ซกme
@matthewrolllins
@yellowretriever
@alexsovoda
@andrewtheodorebalasia
With special guest
@wheels_duncan
13 Mar 2025
Our 2024 Best of the Year Breakout Creators represent the most innovative and creative emerging voices in the filmmaking industry.
Meet @leadprotagonist, one of this yearโs winners and director of the #vimeostaffpick โGuzzle Buddiesโ
Michael splits his time between NYC and LA, focusing on narrative short films, music videos, and the viral online sketch comedy project Veronika_iscool, created with best friends and roommates Veronika Slowikowska and Kyle Chase. His most recent short films (Guzzle Buddies, Middle Sized Things, Love Machine) have all been Vimeo Staff Picks and continue to expand an ever-growing audience. These films have been showcased alongside those of his contemporaries in an ongoing series called Health Ensurance, a large screening event put on by Rees (and crew) that has grown to be at the center of a buzzy NYC and LA film and art community.
Explore their work at the link in our bio.
11 Feb 2025
We shot this short back in February on two very cold days โ Austin brought the script 2 me and was serious about doing it so I helped pull it together cuz we wanted to see Tommy act like an asshole on camera and itโs important to help your friends always. The film I speak of is out now and everyone should go watch it there are some classic moments and maybe even a special sฬถuฬถsฬถpฬถrฬถiฬถsฬถeฬถ at the end. Good on Austin for also spending like two months painting the poster ๐๐ ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐ #love #angels #filmmaking #friends
GอUอAอRอDอIอAอNอ อAอNอGอEอLอ
A paranoid and delusional man embarks on a mission to secure release forms from his ex-lovers.
Wอrอiอtอtอeอnอ อaอnอdอ อDอiอrอeอcอtอeอdอ by
www.austinfrosch.com
sอtอaอrอrอiอnอgอ
@tommygmurray
@samantha____forever
@gabrielamartinezcelaya
@jamielalalalalala
@veronika_iscool
@evan_sica as The Surprise
Creative Producer: ๐ผ
Produced by: @jessicadimento
Cinematography @bartondillingham
1st ACs: @alexandramettler & Eli Freiriech
Production Sound: @victor.anotherkid
Sound Design & Mix: @chaseeverettsound
VFX: @derek_stuff
Set BTS: Leigh Murray & Abbie Mancuso
Edited by: ๐ผ & www.austinfrosch.com
Music:
โHip Hug Herโ
Booker T. & M.G.โs
ยฉ 2004 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Special Thanks:
Kyle Chase
Emilio Cochon
Andy Ruse
Dylan & Janet Seals
Production Companies:ย
BENDER FILMS & ANALOGA
28 Dec 2024
โI always have so much fun mixing scripted things with non-scripted stuff in the edit and to me it's the most fun because the film can really take a new shape and life.โ
@leadprotagonist talks us through the challenges of post-production after a frantic six and a half hour shoot on his sketch comedy short โHis Parents Never Taught Himโ, about the chaos that arises when an Airbnb with a pool is double-booked.
You can watch the film & read our full interview over on DN now โฏ๏ธ
// CREDITS //
Starring @liamcullagh_ @kylefornow @veronika_iscool @haleyuka @DelaneyRowe @itsmaddykelly @natevarrone
Directed by @leadprotagonist
Written by @haleyuka and @leadprotagonist
Produced by @bombvest
Director of Photography @adriannieto__
B camera operator / first AC @jakewolfert
Production Sound by Memo Adli & Mladan Jukovic
HMU @triplekream
Color by @bfederman.xyz
Sound design and mix by @chaseverettsound
Edited by @leadprotagonist & @alexsovoda
Assistant editors @maddyvanburen & @austinfrosch
Special thanks to the Richardson Family
#HisParentsNeverTaughtHim #MichaelRees #WeAreDN #Comedy #ShortFilm #swimmingpool
09 Dec 2024
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๐ต๐
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๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ โ ๏ธ
๐๐๐๐๐๐โฑ๏ธโฑ๏ธ๐๐
๐ฝew ๐
hort ๐ตor ๐
watching
Da Link n bio
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
Kyle and Liam are taking a weekend getaway to address a major problem Liam is facing โ meanwhile four women have somehow double-booked the same Airbnb.
Starring @liamcullagh_ @kylefornow @veronika_iscool @haleyuka @DelaneyRowe @itsmaddykelly @natevarrone
Directed by @leadprotagonist
Written by @haleyuka and @leadprotagonist
Produced by @bombvest
Director of Photography @adriannieto__
B camera operator / first AC @jakewolfert
Production Sound by Memo Adli & Mladan Jukovic
HMU @triplekream
Color by @bfederman.xyz
Sound design and mix by @chaseverettsound
Edited by @leadprotagonist & @alexsovoda
Assistant editors @maddyvanburen & @austinfrosch
Special thanks to the Richardson Family
MUSIC:
โSons de carrilhรตes (Arr. I. Paschoito for guitar),โ
performed by Pedro Aguiar
ยฉ 2020 Naxos Records
โQuando O Carnaval Chegar,โ
performed by Quarteto Em Cy
ยฉ 1972 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
ยฉ 2024 Bender Media
05 Dec 2024
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