Dreams of the Last Butterflies

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A new still from the film!  Evgeniya Radilova stars as the Acraea Swordtail Butterfly Queen.

A tease of new images of our Butterfly Queens!  From the upcoming short film, Dreams of the Last Butterflies.

Photos by Maxine Nienow.  Make up Team:  Christine Gieger, Jessah Amarante, Layna Roberts, Jessica Padilla.

Clockwise from top left:

Kai Altair, Dina Satti, Evgeniya Radilova, Melodee, Madeleine Belle, Ali Luminescent, Kayla Jo.

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

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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

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.

Our first test shoot for the movie - Madeleine Belle models the Malabar Tree Nymph beta-version wings.  The wings were designed and created by master costume craftsmen James Vogel and Randy Carfagno of Randy Carfagno Productions, based in New York City.