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Blueberry dreams
Soso is a retired engineer, but together with his wife Nino and their sons Giorgi and Lazare, he throws himself into the ‘Plant the Future’ programme set up by the Georgian authorities to stabilize the area.
Nino is haunted by memories of the war and dreams of her children experiencing the world, while Soso wants to maintain their
connection to the land. But Giorgi and Lazare long for a different future, immersing themselves in anime and dreaming of visiting Japan. In the midst of their daily lives, the family navigates between hardship, joy and contemplation of a different future
PRIX & FESTIVALS
CPH-DOX
2024 | Sélection Officielle
Festival du Film de Bruxelles
2024 | Sélection Officielle
Odesa International Film festival 2024 Winner Special Jury Mention
European Competition
75’ and 52’ | 1.85:1 | Sound 5.1 | Color | Georgian / Mengrelian / Russian |
Georgia / Belgium / France / Qatar
Screenwriter and director Elene Mikaberidze
Produced by Baptiste Brunner, Elene Margvelashvili, Isabelle Truc
Cinematography by Patrick Wendt
Editing by Philippe Boucq, Yannick Leroy
Stars
Giorgi Meladze Lazare Meladze Soso Meladze
Blueberry Dreams is produced with the financial support
from the Georgian, French and Belgian film centers
and Doha Film Institute. The film is co-produced by Georgian Public
Broadcaster, RTBF, TENK, Al Jazeera Documentary.
The film is produced by Elene Margvelashvili, Parachute Films (Georgia) and co-produced by Baptiste Brunner, Wide Productions (France) and Isabelle Truc, Iota Production (Belgium
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Elena Mikaberidze
Elena Mikaberidze was born in 1988 in Georgia, she spent much of her life in Brussels. With an MA in Eastern Europe & Caucasus Studies, she explored war representation in cinema. Returning to Georgia in 2016, Elene directs films and works for Tbilisi IFF as a programmer. She is an alumnus of Filmmakers for Peace, From Script 2 Film, EurasiaDOC, EAVE Change, BDC Discoveries.
FILMOGRAPHY
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2018 A Bitter Lesson - 6’ Documentary