The mountains between the hostile nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia are the only place where a rare butterfly can be seen. The daughter of the entomologist after whom the butterfly is named embarks on an adventurous expedition to capture it.
The rare butterfly Satyrus effendi is distant and elusive to Rena, much like her late father. The winged Satyrus can only be seen for a few weeks a year in the mountains between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The desire to learn what kind of life Rustam Effendi led and why he wasn’t more present during Rena’s childhood motivates her to search into her family’s past. A turning point in Rena’s story is the year 1990, when war came to her native Baku just as her father was dying. Family history thus became inseparably linked to the region’s tragic history.
| Title | Searching for Satyrus |
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| Original Language | English, Russian |
| Znění | original audio, children’s films dubbed in Czech |
| Subtitles | Czech subtitles, select films have descriptive Czech or English subtitles (look for the accessibility icons next to each screening) |
| Premiéra | European premiere |
| Film type | Full-length documentary |
| Year of Production | 2025 |
| Country of Origin | Azerbaijan, USA |
| Length | 101 min. |
| Tags | Lifestyle, Nature |
| Director | Rena Effendi |
| Sales |
Rena Effendi renaeffendi@gmail.com |
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Löw-Beer Villa
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Discussion Tomáš Šmíd, Political scientist and security analyst |
Language: English, Russian Subtitles: Czech |
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