Blueberry summer
Synopsis
This summer, Ksyusha has to spend it harvesting blueberries in the forest of Kiev with her mother and sister to earn a living for her family. But she is distracted, waiting for her lover Misha. As they flirt, they go deeper and deeper into the forest, unaware of the danger.
Director(s) :
Masha Kondakova
Country : France | Ukraine
Year : 2023
Genre : Fiction
Duration : 00:18:17
Interpretation : Uliana Zolkina, Edouard Polyalov
Scenario : Masha Kondakova
Original soundtrack : John Kaced
About
Masha Kondakova
Born in Kyiv, actress and director, Masha Kondakova holds a Master’s degree in screenwriting, production, and directing from Sorbonne Paris 1. In 2014, she directed her first short film, LYSTOPAD (The Fallen Leaves), which was selected for numerous international festivals and won 14 awards. When the fighting in eastern Ukraine began, Masha went to shoot the film INNER WARS. On the front line, she spent three years following the fate of three female soldiers, broken by the war. The film was sold in ten countries, including France (ARTE), Germany (ZDF), and Poland (Canal+). Today, she participates in numerous television programs to encourage donations to her native country. In 2022, she wrote her first feature film, WARRIOR, during the So Film de Genre and Torino Script Lab residencies. Masha is also an actress in films and series. Her latest film, ONE FINE MORNING by Mia Hansen-Løve, was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022