Thank You

Thank you so much to everyone for all your support and renting Butterflies.
We are only one click away from 3200 views on YouTube rentals:)
Hope you enjoyed the film and it gave you some ideas on how to make more money on YouTube.
The YouTube community has changed so much since the premiere of the film. We are really
happy that we were able to capture its beginnings and talk to some of the YouTubers, who started it all.
Best of luck with your YouTube channel.
Love,
http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com

If you have supported the film your credit should now be up on IMDb. Check it out and click like, if you like :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381735/

Butterflies Official Music Video

Article on Butterflies YouTube Launch

Hello Butterflies:

I hope all of you are having a great weekend and working on some great YouTube videos :)

We have three announcements for this week:

1) An article on Documentary Tech website profiles Butterflies and the film's journey all the way to distribution and launch on YouTube


2) New Butterflies network has been established where you can join for free, interact and post your videos. Member's work gets featured each week
and we have forum's discussing your YouTube progress and other events.


3) The band that composed the theme song for Butterflies "I Saw Your Face" by Chinaski will be performing live in Los Angeles this month.

You can RSVP and join us here:


Or see them spotlighted in this video

I always enjoy your feedback and questions, so please feel free to respond to this should you have any suggestions or you can do so anonymously at:
http://www.formspring.me/Filmester

Butterflies Behind the Scenes

After crazy weekend on YouTube where most of you noticed Butterflies on the front page,
here are some new clips and interesting info from behind the scenes.

First, if you still didn't see the film, it is available for rent here.

If you are interested in making of the film, you can read an article published by YouTube or see the filmed interviews here.
You will find out why the characters featured in the film were picked and if Butterflies 2 is in the works :) Who should star in the next one?

Also, we started uploading the deleted scenes from the film to our Butterflies YouTube channel .
If you are looking for a YouTuber that didn't make it into the final cut, you will be able to find the interviews with them here.
Here is the first 3:
Nigahiga
Kicesie
Dudeneedaeaseonup


Finally, remember to check out our website, as T-Shirts and posters are now available for sale.

If you read this far, I thank you very much for your time.
If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, feel free to make a video response to the film or
ask your question here:

Hope you all having a nice day and remember, if you are out outside of USA, the film is not available on YouTube, but you can rent it here.

After 4 Sundance films, Butterflies is the next film selected for rent on YouTube.


One of the first feature films distributed on YouTube is the Youtube documentary film Butterflies.

The independent film from European filmmaker Ester Brym has finished its festival run last year graduating with a couple of awards and going on to make history as one of the first films being available for rent on YouTube.

Butterflies is feature film following the
lives of six young people that are prominent 'weblebrities' on a video
site YouTube. The film explores the new media, its power and its
future. Will the Internet overcome traditional media? Will new media
and traditional media merge? The film documents the struggles and
successes of characters Lisanova, Mr. Safety, Davedays, Boheme, Olgakay
and Xgobobeanx and others and their hopes to become the new 'virtual' celebrities.
The film exposes the viral video star stardom and road to fortune.

Watch the film now and see how filmmakers will distribute their works in the future.