

Hammer To Nail Short Film Summer Contest Winner
Social Butterfly wins the HTN Short Film Summer Contest !!!
Panel of Judges include filmmaker James Ponsoldt, Kate Brokaw from Tribeca Film; and HTN December ’12 Short Film contest winners Zach Wigon and Mauro Mueller.
"Juror Zach Wigon had this to say about Lauren Wolkstein’s provocative winner of our Summer ’13 contest: 'an enigmatic film that understands that adolescence is about alienation and adolescent sexuality is about self-consciousness.' Wolkstein has been traveling the shorts circuit for years with films like Cigarette Candy and The Strange Ones. This time, she left America behind for France, and, in so doing, has revealed a whole new filmmaking dimension. Starring the great Anna Margaret Hollyman, Social Butterfly is an excellent example of how to accomplish so very much in so little time."
-- Michael Tully
Opening Night Film at 2013 Maryland Film Festival
Social Butterfly has been selected as one of the short films to open the Maryland Film Festival this year. It's a huge honor to bring our film to Wolkstein's hometown of Baltimore!
http://blog.md-filmfest.com/2013/04/25/maryland-film-festival-opening-night-titles-announced/
L'article sur Ad Astra Films dans Cannes Soleil
Produire à Cannes, triompher à Sundance Film Festival

A Very Vimeo Recap of Sundance
Filmmaker behind my favorite short (and host of one of the better late-night condo parties), Lauren wowed with this vivid film about an interaction between strangers. It didn’t take home hardware, but awards are silly things anyway. We’ve loved her work for a long time, and will be holding her to a drunken promise that she share some of it soon!
Sundance '13: Hammer To Nail Wrap-Up
Lauren Wolkstein’s latest, shot in France and starring Anna Margaret Hollyman, is a provocative, mysterious drama that has me pining for the hopefully soon day when Wolkstein expands her vision to the feature film realm.
Composer Rim Laurens interviewed by "L'Indépendant" newspaper
Sundance 2013: The Wrap-Up from Slackerwood
Yen Tan created the poster design for Wolkstein’s provocative and enigmatic short film Social Butterfly, which screened at Sundance in the shorts program. In 2011, Wolkstein’s award-winning dread-filled short The Strange Ones screened at Sundance and SXSW, and there’s been discussion of a highly anticipated feature-length version.
Sundance 2013 Recap: The Rise of the Female Filmmaker
SOCIAL BUTTERFLY, directed by Lauren Wolkstein, was everything a short could be – sharp characters, interesting situations, rich relationships, beautiful cinematography, perfect structure, and a little bit (okay a lot) of sex appeal.
Thanks for the Tweets
Follow filmmaker Lauren Wolkstein on Twitter: @laurenwolkstein


LA Times: Sundance short films can be first steps in successful careers
Think of the Sundance Film Festival’s shorts program as a glimpse into the future of movies. There are narrative treatises on the difficulties of coming of age — such as the question of abortion in “Magnesium” and deflowering in “Social Butterfly.” The shorts are, quite simply, seductive.
Des frenchies à Sundance
Nice-Matin talks about Social Butterfly
French newspaper Nice-Matin wrote about us going to Sundance!

2013 Sundance Short Film Program Press Release
December 4, 2012
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The 2013 Short Film program is comprised of 65 short films selected from a record 8,102 submissions (427 more than for the 2012 Festival).
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival, said, “The Short Film section of our 2013 Festival is comprised of bold works by adventurous filmmakers who have mastered creative ways to embody their unique perspectives in the short form onscreen. The selections represent the immensely varied and dynamic approaches to storytelling that will inspire audiences with their huge accomplishments within a limited timeframe.”
It Was the Summer of 2012
Nice-Matin newspaper interviewed us while we were shooting in Valbonne, France.
