Amazing news in from Eureka Entertainment that they are releasing The Butterfly Tree, Priscilla Cameron’s seductive and heart-warming story starring Golden Globe nominee Melissa George (30 Days of Night), in selected cinemas nationwide (UK & Ireland) from 13 July 2018
Inspired by a friend whom director Priscilla Cameron lost to breast cancer, The Butterfly Tree is a sexual coming of age story which is both an emotionally seductive and beautifully immersive experience.
The Butterfly Tree (Still) Courtesy Eureka Entertainment
The Butterfly Tree was one of the final 10 feature projects to be selected for the 2014 Berlinale Project Talent Market out of 4167 entrants from 79 countries. It was the only Australasian project selected. In 2010 The Butterfly Tree was awarded the AWG Monte Miller award (Best un-produced screenplay by a new writer) and was invited to participate in the prestigious SP*RK workshop. In 2009 it was part of the MIFF 37 South market and was workshopped during a cinema NOVA and Film Victoria’s Script Alive program. In 2010 The Butterfly Tree was selected as one of eight projects from around the world to attend the intensive 6 months directors’ lab at The Binger Film Lab.
Evelyn (Melissa George, 30 Days of Night, Home & Away – TV Soap), a burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al (Ewen Leslie, Top of the Lake) and his teenage son, Fin (Ed Oxenbald, The Visit) with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin’s mother. Through the vivacious Evelyn, Fin learns the power of forgiveness and relinquishes his goddess in return for a family. In this seductive and heart-warming story, both men will discover the power of selfless love.
The Butterfly Tree (Still) Courtesy Eureka Entertainment
The Butterfly Tree which saw its worldwide premiere at the 2017 Melbourne Film Festival, and went on to screen at Toronto Intl. Film Festival in September 2018. The film is now set to screen at selected festivals in the UK ahead of a theatrical release in July.
“Melissa George returns as a radian, siren-like, moon-eyed florist in a visually rich and intensely styled drama that shimmers with stagey, hipster glamour”– The Guardian
The Butterfly Tree will be released in selected cinemas nationwide (UK & Ireland) from 13 July 2018.
The Butterfly Tree Theatrical Trailer (UK & Ireland)
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