The Lithuanian city of Visaginas – designed and shaped like the wings of a butterfly – was intended to be a window of Soviet progress to the West. Created in the 1970s to service a powerful nuclear power station, the town became a home for people from all over the USSR, with Russian as its main language. EU membership, however, meant Lithuania had to close the plant, the city’s main industry. At a time of growing geo-political tension in the region, and in an ambiance of mutual mistrust, what will the future bring for the people of Butterfly City?
November 5 - 22
2026
Baltic Short Film Competition programme „New Baltic Cinema“
Butterfly City
1 hr. 35 min. | Documentary | Pegi 13
- Languages
- Russian, Lithuanian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Original title
- Drugelio miestas
- Produced
- 2017: Lithuania, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark
