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"My Pandemic Year" is Brym's new documentary film

Featuring characters from all around the world and all different aged groups, Ester Brym's new film "My Pandemic Year' promises intimate look into people's lives during the Covid-19 Pandemic lockdown.  The various testiomonies bring us closer to what connected all of us during the long months of social distancing worldwide. Divided into four seasons, each character dives deeper into their struggles, fears but also things they gained and learnt to love thanks to the eff...

Not Your Skin Trans Documentary Is Brym's New Film Project

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Brym's new documentary takes on a touchy subject We are all by now somewhat familiar with some of the more visible transgender personalities in our society. Who are they really and what does it mean to be transgender? Since her first feature film Butterflies (2009), director Ester Brym have not stopped and this will be her 4th documentary film. She is currently in production and raising money to finish the project by the end of this year. The film follows ordinary men and women wh...

Ester Brym's New Documentary 1 Day With Chinaski Premieres In USA

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Director/editor Ester Brym shot her latest project in collaboration with the very popular band Chinaski. She co-directed 1 DAY WITH CHINASKI (Netoč Nás, Natoč Sebe) with musician Ondra Skoch. This is Brym's first International production and first short film after two successfull Award winning features (Butterflies & Autumn of Route 66). 1 Day With Chinaski premiered in Europe at the end of 2014 and will have its USA Premiere at this year's Action on Film International Fes...

Autumn of Route 66 nominated for Best Picture & Best Female Director

Documentary film Autumn of Route 66 set to premiere on August 19th at 8pm at AOF International Film Festival has been nominated for Best Picture and Best Female Director. Filmmaker Ester Brym shot the film interely on handheld Flip camera, which offers viewers the exceptional feeling of actually experiencing old Route 66 themselves. Please join the diretor on Monday for the World Premiere of her 2nd feature film here: AOF Film Festival Monday August 19th @ 8pm Krikorian Theaters 410 S M...

Autumn Of Route 66 documentary in California

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Czech director Ester Brym is ready to showcase her 2nd feature film called Autumn of Route 66. The World Premiere with take place Monday, August 19th, 2013 at 8PM at Action on Film International Film Festival in Monrovia, California. Ester's first film have received multiple awards and have been broadcasted all over the world via UK based distributor Journeyman Pictures. This time around, the filmmaker takes us on a journey of a lifetime: Visually stunning experience that will leave you ...

Route 66 Documentary

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  Czech director based in Los Angeles, Ester Brym, has a new film in the works. After her multi-Award winning feature Butterflies that profiled the Internet celebrity, her 2nd feature is much more personal and visually stunning. Autumn of Route 66  documents ones journey through the history, the incredible experience of driving the first American highway, Mother of all roads, the Route 66. Brym is currently in late post-production stage and raising finishing funds to complete the ...

Autumn of Route 66 Teaser

Teaser for new feature documentary by director Ester Brym, the Autumn of Route 66

Director Ester Brym introduces new Czech music documentary about Chinaski band

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New project from Ester Brym's factory is Czech music documentary called Netoč Nás, Natoč Sebe (Film Yourself, Not Us) featuring the band Chinaski and its fans. Each day during their 2011 World Tour, the fans were told to film whatever happens to them right before the concert and submit the footage for this unusual film inspired by Ridley Scott's Life in a Day. Not only fans, but also all members of the band shot sometimes funny, sometimes sad and sometimes very usual progress of ...

Want to send in clips for Chinaski Film ?

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I am collaborating on a film that is inspired by Ridley Scott's Life In A Day. If you like to submit footage for the film, just film yourself the day you attend Chinaski concert and upload the clip here: http://chinaski.capsa.cz/ For information in Czech, go here: http://www.chinaski.cz/natoc-sebe or see this video: The top 3 videomakers get to attend the film premiere as well as receive awards. ...

Autumn Of Route 66 Documentary

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  Introducing our 2nd film in the works now. It documents the Route 66 adventures. Please, join the Facebook group for more info here   The road 66 in 366 stills:               ...

Butterflies YouTube Documentary Webisodes

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Watch the Award winning documentary about the YouTube social network online for free  For more info go to Butterflies Official Website ...

Best Free Web Show To Watch Online

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The Award winning feature documentary Butterflies is now online in form of webisodes. Directed by: Ester Brym ...

The Only Award Winning Documentary about YouTubers comes out on DVD

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Pre-order Butterflies DVD Now It is finally here!!! The special limited 2 disc edition of Butterflies feature film about YouTubers is coming to DVD this winter. This 2 disc edition will not last as only limited number is released, so please order yours right away. ...Go here to order and find out what special features will be included. http://www.butterfliesthemovie.com/dvd.html ******* bonus for the first 20 orders! *The DVD will ship in the beginning of December. ...

Article on Butterflies YouTube Launch

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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 y...

Butterflies Behind the Scenes

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After crazy month 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 sh...

Fest21 member's YouTube documentary

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Ester Brym's feature documentary Butterflies focuses on the celebrity life of YouTube personalities. The film premiered in July 2009 at AOF film festival in LA and signed with UK distributor Journeyman Pictures in October. The director shot this as her directing debut on a budget put together from her savings and credit cards. See what people say about the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4IzM59EZnI Watch the trailer: http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com Watch the film now: ht...

Happy Thanksgiving and watch the YouTube film Butterflies online

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Now exclusively on Journeyman Pictures see the multi Award winniing documentary about YouTubers and social media, Butterflies: http://journeyman.booserver.com/ Butterflies is a feature documentary 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 a...

YouTube documentary online?

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Hello Butterflies: The festival round is coming to its end with Butterflies screening this Sunday for the very last time on a big screen at First Glance Film Fest in Philadelphia. You can find the info here: http://www.facebook.com/ButterfliesTheMovie From all your requests on the videos, we realize we can't bring the film everywhere. But, because we know that lot of you can't make the festival screenings, we are deciding on our next step and want to bring the Award Winning film...

October 15th: Butterflies, documentary film about how to make it in social media

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Lives of YouTube “Weblebrities” Chronicled in Upcoming Documentary The increasingly popular world of new media has introduced online viewers across the world to a diverse group of individuals in cyberspace.  YouTube.com has emerged as one of the leaders to catapult an Average Joe into an instant “Weblebrity” with the stroke of a computer key.  Meet six folks in the feature documentary “Butterflies” who share the common goal of becoming internet sensations via YouTube...

Butterflies documentary in NYC, Montana, LA and Philadelphia

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We are done with our East Coast Premiere at NewFilmmakers in NYC and the Award Winning film about YouTube had an amazing response there. Here are photos from the screening and I am so super excited to have such an amazing night with all the great people! Next, we are heading to the Montana Independent Film Festival where Butterflies screens on October 25th. We are going back to Los Angeles presenting Butterflies at La Femme Film Festival in the middle of October and then Philade...

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See the Award Winning film about YouTube in the next 6 days :) Butterflies has arrived!

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Join Butterflies fanpage to get invited to all other upcoming screenings: http://www.facebook.com/ButterfliesTheMovie.com               ...

Butterflies @ Temecula

Butterflies will screen at following film festivals this fall:

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  Other dates and cities to be announced bellow: Butterflies will screen at: Freeze Fest, Czech Republic, September 5th, 2009 Temecula Valley International Film Festival, September 9-13th, 2009 New Filmmakers, New York City, September 16th, 2009 Montana Independent Film Festival, September 27th-28th, 2009 First Glance Philadelphia, October 2009 ...

The Award Winning Film about YouTube, Butterflies has a Facebook Page

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Join Butterflies here and get invited to the next screening !   Butterflies Promote Your Page Too ...

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