Butterflies

Running time: 52 mins

Is it normal for a child to levitate??

Quirky five-year-old Sara dreamily wanders through her life gazing at the stars, but when she realizes she has the ability to literally fly, those stars might not be so far out of reach. Her gift is discovered by a battery of bumbling doctors who are bent on making Sara their ticket to a Nobel Prize, but Sara?s gift supersedes the realm of science. Though coerced and cajoled to perform her miracle, she cannot fly without the feeling of butterflies and that feeling does not arrive on the demand of doctors. Feel your own spirit take flight as this ode to childhood?s magic mocks the mundane aspects of everyday life and testifies to the reality of miracles. This gorgeous tale of whimsy and wonder invites a return to uncorrupted innocence as it reminds us that we are all made of stars.

Lauren Spiro

Preceded by: Departure; dir. Caroline Cowan ? A ten-year-old illegal refugee is taken in by a family in Sweden when he becomes separated from his uncle.