Artmedia

Our feature film, Butterfly Crush, based on Alan Clay's novel, Dance Sisters, has finished principle photography.

The story is a fast-paced relationship drama set in Sydney about a female song and dance duo who overcome the control of a Kings Cross cyber cult, to win a song competition.

Moana and Eva are a song and dance duo which is up for the Australasian Song Awards; however Eva has become involved in a cult which is into virtual-dreaming and astrology.

In her efforts to rescue Eva and keep Butterfly Crush in the Awards, Moana is lured into the cult by a young member, Matt. However as this relationship develops, Moana instead attracts him to leave, and also secures Eva’s participation in the Awards, which they then go on to win.

The casting process for the film was exhaustive. The production company looked at 250 actors over a year of auditions in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Find more information on the cast, the development process and the production on this site.

The film is being edited and will be previewed in the Market at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010. We expect it to be released in Australia and New Zealand towards the end of this year.

Check out the production credits and photos, find an outline of the story plus photos, read reviews of the book and view podcasts from Butterfly Crush.

On this site you can also check out Artmedia's digital short film, Moontan which was released in 2007 - read the synopsis, check out reviews of the book on which the film is based, or read scene one of the script, and find information on the cast and production team.