BUTTERFLY

Synopsis : A repressed person confronts his internal struggle as it bleeds through into his public persona creating a collision amongst external social norms, suppressed identity, and the surrealistic worlds of a distressed psyche.

Distribution : IMPACTE FILM FESTIVAL (SPAIN) , CUNY TV (USA)

Festival Selections & Awards

• 23rd Maryland Film Festival (Opening Film Queer Stories), USA, 2021

• 23rd Maine International Film Festival, USA, 2020

• Winner Best Short Fiction Film- 5th Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México - Mexico, 2020

• 25th Festival del Cine de Zaragoza, Spain,Zaragoza International Film Festival (Goya Qualified), Spain (2020)

• 14th Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, TiSFF Greece, 2020

• 14th SHORT to the Point, Nomination Best Film , Romania, 2022

• Honorable Mention Winner - 5th Splice Film Fest, Brooklyn, USA, 2022

• 4th Lonely Wolf International Film Festival, London, Nominated Best Queer Film

• 9th Oakville Film Festival ( Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Canada, 2022

• 11th Video Art & Experimental Film Festival, Tribeca Center, NY, 2020)

• 14th San Francisco Greek Film Festival, USA, 2022

• 10th International Micro μ Film Festival, Athens, Greece, 2020

Written & Directed by Lazarus Lazarides

Starring : Wesli Spencer, Maya Jasmin Szost, Daniela Tolmazin, Jose Ignasio Gomez

Director of Photography : Fan Chao Meng, Lazarus Lazarides

Editing : Nikos Apostolopoulos

Original Score & Sound Design : Adriana Norat

Sound Mixing : Roney Giah

Assistant Director : Alkis Tzortzoglou

Assistant Camera : Giorgos Eleutheriadis

Set Design, Wardrobe : Catherine Walsh

Producer : Lazarus Lazarides

Co- Producers : Feirstein Steiner Studios, Karolina Stellaki, Vasilios Calitsis