Charlie Lin in profile, a monarch butterfly resting on his fingertip against a field of teal neural connections.

The Boy and the Butterfly — Sundance 2027 submission

U.S. Documentary CompetitionSundance 2027 · Redefining Flight

A ski jump leaves fourteen-year-old Charlie Lin in a coma, unable to walk or recognize his family — and his father, a National Geographic explorer who rebuilt his own life after losing a leg, guides him through six months of the brain remaking itself.

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