“An endearing and heartfelt LGBTQ+ fairytale…Kade Pintado really shines”
- The Montpelier Bridge
“Brilliant”
- The Edge Entertainment Magazine
The Butterfly Queen is the hangover after the coming-of-age story.
Casey (a sheep farmer/cartoonist) and Robin (basically a vagabond) are lost in a magical forest, struggling to find Casey’s sketchbook so they can get the hell back home. Unfortunately, The Butterfly Queen wants the sketchbook too, and A) she’s clever, B) she’s desperate and C) she makes the rules.
It’s a bit punk, a lot queer and it will probably make you think about who your best friend really is.
We shot the whole thing around Ryegate, VT, pop. 1,165.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped get us this far, including our sponsors, our families, our incredible cast and crew and the amazing local VT community that came together to make this film a reality.
Special shout-out to Wells River Savings Bank and Wilson Pond Consulting for their generous support on the production of Butterfly Queen! Post-production was supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Vermont Community Foundation.