How to catch a Butterfly
How to catch a Butterfly
-> Film presented in the Short Competition. BLOCK 4
In 2021, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long kills 8 Asian women in massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia as a way to suppress his uncontrollable sexual desire. Dutch-Japanese filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus writes letters to the young murderer to find out what his killings have to do with her sexual life. What do our racial fetishes tell us about our hidden human desires?
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projection time:
26 min
country/year:
Netherlands /2026
director:
Kiriko Mechanicus
original language of the film:
English
pictures:
Kiriko Mechanicus
editor:
Marieke Schoenmakers
production:
Ilja Roomans / Docmakers
festivals and awards:
2026 - SXSW, Austin
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competitions:
tags:
trigger warnings:
sexual violence (reference), murder (reference)
