This was the third year for this “film festival” and we should have known better and save ourselves the $60 submission fee.
Upon receiving the acceptance letter, we were also informed, that if we are planning to make the journey to Montana for this film-festival, we should absolutely contact the festival organizers. I have tried this for over 3 weeks without an email or phone call response. Again, we should have known ….
Because we were planning our trip to other film festivals and n...
Dear Filmmakers:
As our festival run with Butterflies ended, we were wondering if you would like to hear about the experiences we had at different film festivals.
We have found that some festivals and festival organizers are really helpful and there for indie filmmakers, and some other ones only care about the submission fee money.
Would you be interested in hearing about the festivals we attended?
Let me know :)
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Dear Butterflies:
The time has come and Butterflies, my feature doc about YouTubers, is out there for all of you to see!!!
Well, not quite yet...but soon :) Very soon!
Butterflies wrapped up the festival season at First Glance Film Fest in Philly by receiving one last Award and
we have singed a distribution deal with Journeyman Pictures from UK. They will distribute the film all around the world.
You can check updates on their website here:
Also, we got some new behind the scenes foota...
Butterflies has closed its festival run last month at the First Glance Film Festival where it received one last Award.
We are very grateful to all who supported us throughout the festival
screenings and thank you to everyone who came to see the film, even
more special thanks to all of you who came and saw more than once <3
Read some background news on how Indie Producer helped us here and then watch the video.
More info at the Butterflies Official Website
...
Hello Butterflies:
The festival round is coming to its
end with Butterflies screening this Sunday for the very last time on a
big screen at First Glance Film Fest in Philadelphia.
You can find the info here:
http://www.facebook.com/ButterfliesTheMovie
From
all your requests on the videos, we realize we can't bring the film
everywhere. But, because we know that lot of you can't make the
festival screenings, we are deciding on our next step and want to bring
the Award Winning film...
Philadelphia’s Independent Film Festival is proud to announce Butterflies film to be presented at the 12th annual event on October 25th 2009 at 6PM
This will be your last chance to see the Award Winning film about YouTube on a big screen.
We have had some great experience at the film festival circle, as well as some not so very good.
It is sad to know that some film festival organizers are only there to scam filmmakers and get money out of them for
their own projects. We really hope that F...
Lives of YouTube “Weblebrities” Chronicled in Upcoming Documentary
The
increasingly popular world of new media has introduced online viewers across
the world to a diverse group of individuals in cyberspace. YouTube.com has emerged as one of the
leaders to catapult an Average Joe into an instant “Weblebrity” with the stroke
of a computer key. Meet six folks
in the feature documentary “Butterflies” who share the common goal of becoming
internet sensations via YouTube...
La Femme Film Festival will present the Award Winning documentary
Butterflies about YouTube on Thursday, October 15th at 6PM at the Davidson/Valentini
Theatre in Hollywood.
See the feature film about YouTubers one last time, before the festival season closes at the end of the month in Philadelphia.
Subscribe here for the trailers and behind the scenes:
http://www.youtube.com/ButterfliesTheMovie
Follow FILMESTER on Twitter for updates from the festivals.
Let's get together one last time ...
We are done with our East Coast Premiere at NewFilmmakers in NYC and the Award Winning film about YouTube had an amazing response there.
Here are photos from the screening and I am so super excited to have such an amazing night with all the great people!
Next, we are heading to the Montana Independent Film Festival where Butterflies screens on October 25th.
We are going back to Los Angeles presenting Butterflies at La Femme Film Festival in the middle of October and then Philade...
Join Butterflies fanpage to get invited to all other upcoming screenings:
http://www.facebook.com/ButterfliesTheMovie.com
...
September is here and Butterflies is ready:)
Sept 5th in the Czech Republic, Sept 11th and 13th and Temecula, California,
Sept 16th in New York City and Sept 26th-27th in Montana.
Now, anyone can see that it is absolutely impossible for me to make to all these fests.
Plus, I have to be in Virginia on the 23rd.
So, now what?
However, there is some good news! The Butterflies fanpage just reached its 600th fan!!!!
That is a great number! That is more than half on the way to the magical 100...
After party will follow the Friday screening :) Please come and join us or check for more dates here:
http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com
...
Other dates and cities to be announced bellow:
Butterflies will screen at:
Freeze Fest, Czech Republic, September 5th, 2009
Temecula Valley International Film Festival, September 9-13th, 2009
New Filmmakers, New York City, September 16th, 2009
Montana Independent Film Festival, September 27th-28th, 2009
First Glance Philadelphia, October 2009
...
Join Butterflies here and get invited to the next screening !
Butterflies
Promote Your Page Too
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The Award Winning documentary Butterflies has been selected into
Southern California festival in Temecula,
and will play this September at the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival.
"Butterflies is the first feature film that profiles the YouTube community and examines the power of online media.
The film had its World Premiere last month at AOF Film Festival, where it received the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award
for Documentary Filmmaking and was nominated for Bes...
Butterflies crew at AOF IFFFirst of all, let me thank all of you for your constant support and if
you did make it to our World Premiere, I hope you enjoyed the film.
I
would like to start by announcing that Butterflies walked out from AOF
International Film Festival with The Alan J. Bailey AOF Award of
Excellence for Documentary Filmmaking!!!!
We were also nominated for
Best Social Commentary 2009, but this Award went to the amazing Victory
of the Underdog. I honestly believe thi...
Hello all:
Hope everyone is doing well. Just wanted to remind you that my feature documentary film Butterflies has its Official World Premiere tonight at the AOF Film Festival.
The address is confirmed for Regency Theater at 1003 E Colorado Blvd in Pasadena.
The screening will start at 8PM with Q&As from the cast and crew and after party following.
Please join us to celebrate YouTube on the big screen for the very first time!
$10 tickets can be purchased at:
https://www.aoffest.com/...
There is only one day left for the official premiere of Butterflies at the AOF Fest.
So far, it has been great seeing other people's films and meeting all the talented filmmakers.
But, tomorrow is our turn!
Butterflies will screen at
AOF (Action on FIlm) International Film Festival
July 27th, 2009 @ 8PM
Regency Academy Theatre
1003 East Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA
Tickets can be purchased at:
https://www.aoffest.com/store/AOF-2009-c4.htm
There will be a party after t...
Be there on July 27th, 2009 to see history in making! The online
personalities are making it to the big screen and this will, without a
doubt, be the end of entertainment as we know it.
You remember when television killed the radio star? Well, this is when Internet kills the TV star :)
No more fabricated characters in movies, no more perfect people that no one can compare to.
These are regular folks, that have it all, and you can see how they did it.
See the YouTube stars taking over the e...
