A Butterfly's Metamorphoses (Métamorphoses du Papillon)

Fashion Film / Early FilmBirds of Paradise | LondonGrounded: Fashion's Entanglements with Nature | London
Written By Fashion In Film
France, 1904. Director Gaston Velle, Pathé Frères. 1min 40sec.

A caterpillar transforms into a butterfly woman whose fluttering wings change colour.

Past screenings

Birds of Paradise – London
15 November – 14 December 2010
Part of the Kinoscope Parlour, a London-wide installation of six peephole machines at twelve different locations launching in the run-up to the festival.

Fashion Film / Early Film – Copenhagen
Saturday 14 May 2011, 19:00 | Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature – London
Friday 30 May 2025, 19:00 | Barbican, Cinema 1

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