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New DVD Release - February 2008 - “Beauty…for Survival?”

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Our best-selling “Beauty… for Survival” is now available as a DVD. The film was originally released on VHS in 1995, and was the first in our still growing series of butterflies filmed in the wild, under the title The World’s Butterflies .
It was a very suitable start to the series as it brought together footage […]

Madagascar - the problems…

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Our 3-week mission to Madagascar in November, with a group from Florida, was a big learning experience. As a warning to others who may suffer the same difficulties, here are the lessons we learnt.
1 Whenever you go seeking natural history, in a third world country, remember that the habitats you have been recommended to […]

Diversity in the Rainforest

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Our third DVD , “Diversity in the Rainforest”, (September 2007) is selling well

Another Award for Cinebutterflies, March 2007

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Latest from the 2007 Missoula International Wildlife Film festival in Montana
“O Que Pasa? What’s Going On Here?” - our 2006 production on the butterflies of the Rio Cristalino Reserve in Brazil – won a Merit Award for Presentation of Information.
“The Final Judges were very judicious and gave a great deal of critical analysis […]

Spreading our wings – India and Sikkim, 2006

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

We - Pat and I, that is – were in India in October –November 2006, filming the butterflies and also the high mountains, especially Kanchenjunga and Narsing.
Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest and K2, at 8,586 metres (28,169 feet). It’s the highest mountain in India and the second highest […]

New distributors - Pemberley Books

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Ian Johnson at Pemberely Books has taken over as our main distributor. and all our films can be found at his excellent website www.pembooks.demon.co.uk.
You can mail him at ian.johnson@pemberleybooks.com, and his address is 18 Bathurst Walk, Iver, Bucks, SL0 9AZ.

“The Butterflies of Kenya”

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

header picture“The Butterflies of Kenya” - the latest film in John Banks’ series on the World’s Butterflies - film is now on sale, in VHS and DVD format. This is the first Cinebutterflies film to appear in DVD. Others will follow. The Kenya DVD includes all the scientific names of the species as they are shown on the screen.

Looking ahead

Friday, April 8th, 2005

header pictureNow that DVD has well and truly arrived in Europe, Cinebutterflies will be moving to issue or reissue its material in that format in the coming months.

“Butterflies in Close-up; in the Valley of the Rio Grande”

Friday, April 9th, 2004

header pictureThis 2002 release in John Banks’ ongoing series on the “Butterflies of the World” is now available in VHS-PAL. Click here to purchase
For the NTSC version, email Dr Luis Roberto Hernandez, the distribution manager in the USA, at luisrob@centennialpr.net

A delight to watch, and a fascinating insight into the diversity of the marvelous butterflies of Southern Texas - Sir David Attenborough


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