Estonian premiere

Blueberry Dreams

Local title
Helesinised unistused
Original title
Lurji Motsvi
Director
Elene Mikaberidze
Country
Georgia
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Spotlight: Independent Voices of Georgia
Subject
rural life, feel-good

Near the Abkhazian border, a Georgian family pins its hopes on blueberry farming.

Led by kind-hearted father Soso, a family of four sets up a blueberry farm to secure their future together. But their village in northern Georgia is close to the troubled border with the Russian-backed region of Abkhazia, where conflicts have been raging for 30 years. Soso is a retired engineer, but together with his wife Nino and their sons Giorgi and Lazare, he has thrown himself into the "Plant the Future" programme set up by the Georgian authorities to stabilise the area.

Nino dreams of giving her children a taste of the world, while Soso wants to keep them connected to the land. But Giorgi and Lazare yearn for a different future, immersing themselves in anime and dreaming of going to Japan.

A heartfelt film about fatherhood, responsibility and the art of survival.

Director
Elene Mikaberidze
Screenwriter
Elene Mikaberidze
Cast
Soso Meladze, Nino Torchinava, Giorgi Meladze, Lazare Meladze
Producer
Elene Margvelashvili
Cinematographer
Patrick Wendt
Runtime
Language
Georgian, Russian
Subtitles
English
Director
Elene Mikaberidze

Elene Mikaberidze (1988) is a Georgian filmmaker, director and member of the Tbilisi International Film Festival team. She has spent most of her life in Brussels, Belgium where she studied politics. She has worked as a script assistant, art director’s assistant and production manager’s assistant on diverse short films. She was also working on several film festivals in the management team. She has decided to mix her studies and her passion for the films and aims to show that a film can be an instrument of peace.

Blueberry Dreams (2024, doc)

Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening030702 / Helesinised unistused
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsElene Mikaberidze (Director, Screenwriter)
Q&A duration
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6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening080604 / Helesinised unistused
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening162201 / Helesinised unistused
SubtitlesEnglish
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