Butterflies (2009 film)
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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.
The film stars Fred, SxePhil
, Charles Trippy, KevJumba, Kicesie, Paperlilies, KatiesOpinion, Daxflame, Joe Satriani
, Esmée Denters
, Michael Buckley
, Dave Foley, Renetto
, ClipCritics, Katy Perry
, Nigahiga
, and Chad Hurley
.
The full movie has been made available online on Youtube
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Czech filmmaker Ester Brymova
Ester Brymova
Ester Brymová , also Ester Brym and Ester Ortiz Guillen, is a film director, producer and editor.In 1997 she moved to New York City to pursue studies in film-making...
. The film won the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award in Documentary Filmmaking at the Action on Film International Film Festival, Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
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
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
for rental.
The film stars Fred, SxePhil
Philip DeFranco
Philip "Phil" DeFranco , also known as PhillyD or by one of his YouTube usernames "sxephil", is an American video blogger, YouTube celebrity and motivational speaker...
, Charles Trippy, KevJumba, Kicesie, Paperlilies, KatiesOpinion, Daxflame, Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani
Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...
, Esmée Denters
Esmée Denters
Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield....
, Michael Buckley
Michael Buckley (Internet celebrity)
Michael Buckley is an American Internet celebrity, comedian and vlogger. Noted for his vlog What the Buck?!, Buckley comments on popular culture events and celebrities. He also maintains one of YouTube's most popular channels with several million viewers each month...
, Dave Foley, Renetto
Paul Robinett
Paul Robinett, better known by his screen name Renetto, is an American vlogger and entrepreneur. Robinett's videos have attracted over 30 million views, and his YouTube channel has over 40,000 subscribers. His channel has been viewed over 3.9 million times.-How the Channel started:Robinett began...
, ClipCritics, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, Nigahiga
Nigahiga
Nigahiga is a popular YouTube channel created by Japanese-American Ryan Higa . Since relocating to Las Vegas to study filmmaking at UNLV, Higa's videos are either solo efforts or videos with other people such as KevJumba. They are known for their YouTube comedy videos, which have been viewed over...
, and Chad Hurley
Chad Hurley
Chad Meredith Hurley is an American co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube. In June 2006, he was voted 28th on Business 2.0's "50 People Who Matter Now" list...
.
The full movie has been made available online on Youtube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
.
Soundtrack artists
- Ondra Skoch (from Czech band ChinaskiChinaskiChinaski is a Czech pop-rock group. Between 2005 and 2007 Chinaski won the prize "Anděl" , granted by the Academy of Music.- History :...
) - Freddy MullinsFreddy MullinsFrederick Stephen Mullins is a singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. His musical style falls into the modern-folk label encompassing folk, folk-rock, and folk-soul...
- Finotee
- Luba Dvorak
- Elena Siegman
- Davedays
- Josh Levine
- Soulsearcher