The Butterfly Circus is a short film created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009. The production was completed in 12 days by a cast and crew of over 150 people, on locations in the Southern California regions of the San Gabriel Mountains, Riverside, Palmdale and Santa Clarita. The short garnered its first award as the Grand Prize winner of The Doorpost Film Project

Doorpost Film Project

The Doopost Film Project is one of the largest annual, online film festivals in the world, established by Nathan Elliott. It has 3 stages that take place from October through November of the following year.-Prizes:...

, and then went on to win subsequent awards at festivals around the world. By July 2010, the film had already accumulated over 7 million collective online views primarily through posts on YouTube

YouTube

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. It also featured Latino celebrity Eduardo Verástegui

Eduardo Verástegui

Eduardo Verástegui is a Mexican model, singer, and actor.- Biography :Verástegui was born in Mante, Tamaulipas, México and was raised as a devout Roman Catholic. He moved to Mexico City to pursue modeling, landing work with Calvin Klein among others...

 (from Bella

Bella (film)

Bella is a 2006 film directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde starring Eduardo Verastegui and Tammy Blanchard. Set in New York City, the film is about the events of one day and the impact on the characters' lives.-Plot:...

), Doug Jones

Doug Jones

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 who played the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four-Rise of the Silver Surfer and Abe Sapien in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Nick Vujicic

Nick Vujicic

Nicholas James Vujicic is an Australian preacher and motivational speaker. Born with Tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs...

, an international motivational and evangelistic speaker from Australia who was born without arms or legs, debuted in film and received the Best Actor award for his starring performance as Will at the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival. Along with his many life experiences, Nick recounts working on the film in his book titled Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life (Random House, 2010). Director Joshua Weigel has stated that he will be working on writing a feature-length version of the script.

Cast and crew

• Director: Joshua Weigel
• Writer: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel
• Producers: Joshua Weigel, Rebekah Weigel, Angie Alvarez
• Executive Producers: Jon & Esther Phelps, Jason Atkins, Nathan Christopher Haase, Bob Yerkes, Ed Vizenor & Nathan Elliott
• Director of Photography: Brian Baugh
• Production Designer: Yeva McCloskey
• Editor: Chris Witt
• Cast: Eduardo Verastegui
  Eduardo Verástegui
  Eduardo Verástegui is a Mexican model, singer, and actor.- Biography :Verástegui was born in Mante, Tamaulipas, México and was raised as a devout Roman Catholic. He moved to Mexico City to pursue modeling, landing work with Calvin Klein among others...
  
  , Nick Vujicic
  Nick Vujicic
  Nicholas James Vujicic is an Australian preacher and motivational speaker. Born with Tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs...
  
  , Doug Jones
  Doug Jones
  Doug Jones is the name of:* Doug Jones , American film actor* Doug Jones , American heavyweight boxer* Doug Jones , American MLB relief pitcher...
  
  , Matt Allmen, Mark Atteberry, Kirk Bovill, Lexi Pearl, Connor Rosen
• Original Score: Timothy Williams (Composer)
  Timothy Williams (composer)
  Timothy Williams is an award-winning composer of film and theater, a conductor and orchestrator. Born in England in 1966, he moved to Canada in 1970. He studied music at the Toronto Conservatory of Music and the Victoria Conservatory of Music. He won many piano competitions and was originally on a...