Butterflies (2009 film)

Butterflies is a 2009 documentary film directed by Czech filmmaker Ester Brymova. The film won the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award in Documentary Filmmaking at the Action on Film International Film Festival, Pasadena, California in the same year. Butterflies was the first feature-length film to explore the lives of viral video stars and one of the first indie films to be launched on YouTube for rental.

Butterflies
Directed by	Ester Brymova
Produced by	Tom Duty
Starring	Olga Kay Lucas Cruikshank Phillip Defranco Ben Going Charles Trippy KevJumba Kicesie Paperlilies KatiesOpinion Daxflame Joe Satriani Esmée Denters Michael Buckley Dave Foley Renetto ClipCritics Katy Perry Nigahiga Chad Hurley
Music by	Freddy Mullins Skoch Finotee Luba Dvorak Elena Siegman Davedays Josh Levine Soulsearcher
Release date	April 2009 (2009-04)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film stars Olga, Fred, SxePhil, Charles Trippy, KevJumba, Kicesie, Paperlilies, KatiesOpinion, Daxflame, Joe Satriani, Esmée Denters, Michael Buckley, Dave Foley, Renetto, ClipCritics, Nigahiga, and Chad Hurley.

The full movie has been made available online on YouTube.

Soundtrack artists

• Ondra Skoch (from Czech band Chinaski)
• Freddy Mullins
• Finotee
• Luba Dvorak
• Elena Siegman
• Davedays
• Josh Levine
• Soulsearcher

External links

• Butterflies at IMDb
• (in Czech) reflex.cz
• Article on Butterflies Documentary by Microfilmmaker
• Article on Butterflies documentary by Documentarytech
• Butterflies (Full Documentary Film Video)