Blueberry dreams
Elena Mikaberidze
Een warme film met vleugjes humor over het project van een Georgische familie die start een blauwebessenplantage in MingrelĂŻe, een regio aan de grens met Rusland waar conflicten rommelen. Een jonge film over een oude wereld, waar de twee jonge zoons van het gezin droomt van een andere toekomst.
â De vertoning wordt gevolgd door een Q&A met regisseuse Elena Mikaberidze
CPH DOX 2024 – CompĂ©tition NEXT WAVE
STARRING
Soso Meladze
Nino Torchinava
Giorgi Meladze
Lazare Meladze
DIRECTOR & WRITER
Elena Mikaberidze
PHOTOGRAPHY
Patrick Wendt
SOUND
Elena Mikaberidze
EDITOR
Yannick Leroy and Philippe Boucq (image editing) / Marco pascal (sound editing)
Elena Mikaberidze
Elena was born in Georgia in 1988 and spent most of her life in Brussels, Belgium. She studied politics and gained an MA degree in Eastern Europe & Caucasus Studies with the thesis « The Representation of War and the Narratives of Identity in Modern Georgian Cinema ». She completed film critic courses and worked in a variety of areas in cinematography. In 2016 she moved back to Georgia and started to direct her own films. Elena is currently a programmer at the Tbilisi International Film Festival. Elena is an alumnus of Filmmakers for Peace by GoEAST IFF, From Script 2 Film, EurasiaDOC, Talent Nest at Vilnius Meeting Point, GAIFF Pro and EAVE. Her last projects were all supported by multiple film centers, like the Georgian National Film Center, the French CNC, and the Belgium Film Fund.
FILMOGRAPHY
2021 Pure Breed (13min.) â Short Creative Documentary
2018 A Bitter Lesson (6 min.) – Short Creative Documentary
2017 Bags and Borders (12 min.) – Short Creative Documentary
2016 The idiot (5 min.) – Short Fiction Film | Drama
2016 Otto (12 min.) – Short Fiction Film | Drama