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Drømmer

Dreams (Sex Love)
Competition 2025
© Motlys
At 17, Johanne falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. In an attempt to capture this first crush, she pours her experiences onto paper with raw honesty. When her mother and grandmother discover her writings, their initial shock at the intimate descriptions gives way to admiration for their literary merit. The two older women begin to reflect on their own love lives, their pleasures and missed opportunities, and are reminded of the overwhelming sensation of first love; and of the longing for something more. Johanne’s grandmother, an established poet herself, feels both pride and unease at her granddaughter’s natural talent. But questions linger: What truly happened between Johanne and her teacher? Where does reality end and fiction begin? And should these deeply personal writings ever find their way to publication?
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by Dag Johan Haugerud (Director, Screenplay)
with Ella Øverbye, Selome Emnetu, Ane Dahl Torp, Anne Marit Jacobsen Norway 2024 Norwegian 110' Colour International premiere

With

  • Ella Øverbye (Johanne)
  • Selome Emnetu (Johanna)
  • Ane Dahl Torp (Kristin)
  • Anne Marit Jacobsen (Karin)

Crew

Director Dag Johan Haugerud
Screenplay Dag Johan Haugerud
Cinematography Cecilie Semec
Editing Jens Christian Fodstad
Music Anna Berg
Sound Design Gisle Tveito, Yvonne Stenberg
Production Design Tuva Hølmebakk
Casting Celine Engebrigtsen
Producers Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum

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Dag Johan Haugerud

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The writer and director was born in Norway in 1964. His film I Belong won four Amanda Norwegian Film Awards, for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Screenplay. Beware of Children premiered in Venice and won the Dragon Award for Best Film and Best Actor at the Gothenburg Film Festival as well as nine Amanda Awards. Sex screened in the 2024 Berlinale Panorama. The first in a trilogy, it was followed by the second part, Love, which premiered in competition at Venice. With the third part, Drømmer, he is now marking a return to the Berlinale.

Filmography

2005 Thomas Hylland Eriksen og historien om origamijenta (The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl) 2006 Trøbbel (Trouble); short film 2012 Som du ser meg (I Belong) 2014 Det er meg du vil ha (I Am the One You Want) 2019 Barn (Beware of Children) 2020 Lyset fra sjokoladefabrikken (The Light from the Chocolate Factory) 2024 Sex · Love · Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025