''Butterflies'' is a 2009

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directed by Czech filmmaker Ester Brymova. The film won the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award in Documentary Filmmaking at the Action on Film International Film Festival,

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in the same year. ''Butterflies'' was the first feature-length film to explore the lives of viral video stars and one of the first indie films to be launched on

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for rental. The film stars

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, SxePhil,

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, Michael Buckley, Dave Foley, Renetto, ClipCritics,

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. The full movie has been made available online on

Soundtrack artists

*Ondra Skoch (from Czech band

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*Finotee *Luba Dvorak *Elena Siegman * Davedays *Josh Levine *

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