Theodore Schaefer’s anomalous debut feature, Giving Birth to a Butterfly, manages to say a lot about family, sacrifice, and identity without really saying much at all. Shot on 16mm film, there’s an ...

Starring Annie Parisse (“Law & Order,” “The Following”) and Gus Birney (“Dickinson”), Theodore Schaefer’s “Giving Birth to a Butterfly,” one of the buzz titles at August’s Fantasia Intl. Film Festival ...

Such is the case with Theodore Schaefer and “Giving Birth to a Butterfly,” a 77-minute fable as strangely tender as its title suggests, even if the ultimate catharsis isn’t as finely shaped as the ...

Steeped in a distinctly American nostalgia, this beautifully peculiar debut feature has a Lynchian quality. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Filmmakers from all around the globe are in Wilmington this week for the Cucalorus Film Festival, which is in its 27th year. Ted Schaefer, who wrote and directed “Giving ...