Dreams of the Last Butterflies

CONTEST HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! WIN A ‘DREAMS OF THE LAST BUTTERFLIES’ T-SHIRT!!  Just guess the right butterfly and you could win one of the awesome new sustainable ‘eco-shirts’ from the movie!  It’s easy, you can enter to win on the official facebook page!

New stills from Dreams of the Last Butterflies! 

From Top:  Ted Petrosky, Lee Mayjahs, and Micah Blacklight as 3 of the ‘Trappers.’

New promo image for Dreams of the Last Butterflies!  Evgeniya Radilova as the Acraea Swordtail Queen.  Photo by Luz Maxine Nienow Castelazo.

WE wanted to say THANK YOU once again to all of the incredible, fantastic people that put in donations and their time to help spread the Butterflies word. Yesterday was such a wild ride!! We are nearly overwhelmed with gratitude and amazement today. This movie is as much yours as it is ours now! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

The wait is over!  Watch the video, check out our awesome prizes - and donate if you believe!  THANK YOU!! 

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Our first set of real Butterfly Wings for the film are completed!  Thanks again to James Vogel and Randy Carfagno for their amazing craftsmanship.  The best part is that when worn, they move just like real butterfly wings! (These will be worn by our Monarch Queen, Kayla Jo, but here are being modeled by Evgeniya Radilova.)

Finally revealed!  The 8 Butterflies from around the world that will be starring in ‘Dreams of the Last Butterflies’.  Each Butterfly will be played by one of our amazing female performers, who will be metamorphosing into Butterfly Queens for the film.

Acraea Swordtail - Africa (Congo Region)
Large Blue - Europe
Hahnel’s Amazonian Swallowtail - South America (Amazon River)
Malabar Tree Nymph - India
Purple Spotted Swallowtail - New Guinea
Gifu Butterfly - Japan
Monarch - North America
Luzon Peacock - Philippines

The final design for our Large Blue Butterfly Queen’s outfit, custom made by Wheylan Dean-Ford.  This Butterfly Queen will be played by the amazing hoops/flow arts/fire performer Madeleine Belle.

Getting started on the storyboards for Dreams of the Last Butterflies.  These will be used during the shooting process as a guide to framing and action.  (Storyboardist: Tony Wolf)

Concept art for 2 of our Butterfly Queens - The Large Blue Butterfly Queen, and the Monarch Butterfly Queen.  They will be joining 6 additional Butterfly Queens for the adventure!

Art by James Vogel.

One more image of Kai Altair as the Malabar Tree Nymph Butterfly Queen.

Photo by Nicholas Whitaker. (click to make bigger!)

The Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica) is a large butterfly found in south-western India in forest clearings and above the forest canopy.  They are unusually hard to spot since they typically prefer the tree-tops.

They are listed as “Near Threatened” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Our first ‘official’ promotional image for the film - Kai Altair as the Malabar Tree Nymph Butterfly Queen! 

Photo by Nicholas Whitaker.  (click to make larger!)

Initial concept sketches for The Collectors - villainous characters from Dreams of the Last Butterflies.

Art by James Vogel.

Initial rough costume sketches for the Monarch and the Purple Spotted Swallowtail!  Costumes for all of the Butterfly Queens are being hand-made by incredible clothing and fashion designer Wheylan Dean-Ford.

Watch “The Hidden Sister” - 2010, Thousand Names Productions

“The Hidden Sister”  is Director Zina Brown’s celebrated last short film, an official selection at 11 film festivals internationally.  Many of the same talented individuals involved will also help to bring Dreams of the Last Butterflies to life.  Kai Altair will once again be writing and recording a new song for the film, and Ben Cain will be returning as Director of Photography.

THE HIDDEN SISTER - OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
Sexy International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
VisionFest 11, New York, NY
Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, FL
Action On Film International Film Festival, Pasadena, CA
Silicon Valley Film Festival, Santa Clara, CA
Brooklyn Shorts Film Festival, New York, NY
Shockfest Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
Coney Island Film Festival, New York, NY
Akasha Metaphysical Film Festival, Carmel, CA
Red Hook Film Festival, New York, NY
Lewiston-Auburn Film Festival, Maine