Directing
Rena Effendi
Place of birth
Baku, Azerbaijan
Known for
Directing
Credits
4 titles
Rena Effendi is an award-winning documentary photographer whose work is described as having a deep sense of empathy with a quiet celebration of the strength of the human spirit. She is the author of two monographs, the first published in 2009 entitled Pipe Dreams: A Chronicle of Lives along the Pipeline and in 2013, Liquid Land. Effendi is the laureate of the Prince Claus Fund award for Culture and Development. Her work has been exhibited worldwide including at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Saatchi Gallery, Istanbul Modern, the Venice Biennial, NYC MOMA and other venues. Effendi’s photographs are in the permanent collections of the Istanbul Modern, the Open Society Foundations and th…
Known for
NRPatricio Galvey is in the middle of an almost unimaginable nightmare. He has not only lost his daughter, who allowed herself to be radicalised and travelled with her white, Swedish husband to Syria, where they both got killed. His seven grandchildren, aged 1 to 8, are now stuck in a prison camp in the war-torn country. The 50-year-old Swedish-Chilean Patricio has one mission: to get them out.
Children of the Enemy
2021
NRAcclaimed photographer Rena Effendi sets out on a journey to find a rare and endangered butterfly named after her late father. Her search leads her to a militarized no man's land between two nations locked in war, where beauty, memory and conflict collide.
Searching for Satyrus
2025
This haunting portrait of North Dakota’s Spirit Lake reservation portrays inhabitants’ lives, from trauma to spiritual practice.
Spirit Lake
2017
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRPatricio Galvey is in the middle of an almost unimaginable nightmare. He has not only lost his daughter, who allowed herself to be radicalised and travelled with her white, Swedish husband to Syria, where they both got killed. His seven grandchildren, aged 1 to 8, are now stuck in a prison camp in the war-torn country. The 50-year-old Swedish-Chilean Patricio has one mission: to get them out.
Children of the Enemy
2021
NRAcclaimed photographer Rena Effendi sets out on a journey to find a rare and endangered butterfly named after her late father. Her search leads her to a militarized no man's land between two nations locked in war, where beauty, memory and conflict collide.
Searching for Satyrus
2025
Behind the camera
NRAcclaimed photographer Rena Effendi sets out on a journey to find a rare and endangered butterfly named after her late father. Her search leads her to a militarized no man's land between two nations locked in war, where beauty, memory and conflict collide.
Searching for Satyrus
2025
This haunting portrait of North Dakota’s Spirit Lake reservation portrays inhabitants’ lives, from trauma to spiritual practice.
Spirit Lake
2017