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February 17, 2026
Coeur d’Alene family’s sci-fi thriller Recollection to screen at Panida Theater
By Reader Staff
After an award-winning 2025 film festival run, independent Paradox Studios announced that its first feature has landed worldwide distribution.
Recollection will be playing in select theaters and launching on streaming this spring — and that includes a screening Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Panida Theater (300 N. First Ave.). Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the film starts at 7 p.m., with a Q&A session to follow with producers and cast members. Tickets are $17.50 and available at the door or panida.org.
Screenshot from Recollection, playing at the Panida Theater Feb. 19. Courtesy photo
The film creates a world on the edge of dystopia, in which brothers and co-writers Caden (who also served as director) and Rylan Butera (composer) give a stark warning about advancing technology without considering the harm it can cause the human spirit.
“Recollection is a bittersweet story of how one woman, hiding from her past, uncovers a conspiracy and learns that memory-erasing technology isn’t what it’s cracked up to be,” according to the film’s promotional material. “Sometimes in forgetting your pain, you forget yourself — Recollection reminds us to remember who you are.”
Screenshot from Recollection, playing at the Panida Theater Feb. 19. Courtesy photo
Recollection was filmed entirely in North Idaho and eastern Washington with a tight-knit, local crew, and a casting mix of veteran actors and indie hopefuls. It features Academy Award- and three-time Golden Globe-nominee Eric Roberts (Runaway Train, The Dark Knight, The Expendables); Falk Hentschel (Knight and Day, Welcome to Marwen, DC Legends of Tomorrow); Cesar Garcia (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Circle); and the late-Gary Graham (Robot Jox, Alien Nation, Star Trek Enterprise) in his last appearance in a feature film.
Paradox Studios is an independent film production company founded by Caden Butera in Coeur d’Alene in 2015. A family-run operation, Caden writes, directs and edits, and his brother Rylan writes and composes music. Their father, Mark Butera, is a commercial banker who serves as executive producer and CEO/CFO, and their mother, Jackie Butera, is a retired mental health therapist who serves as producer and production manager.
Screenshot from Recollection, playing at the Panida Theater Feb. 19. Courtesy photo
“So many movies about loss are about moving on and learning to let go,” stated Caden. “As someone who maybe compartmentalizes and moves on too quickly, I wanted to tell a story that encourages you to hold on and remember.”
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