Year
2024
Length
1h50m
Language
Norwegian
Canadian premiere
Dreams
Dag Johan Haugerud
Johanne documents her intense crush on her french teacher. Her mother, grandmother end up reading these intimate writings. They're both horrified by the contents but taken by the powerful writing and story. Johanne navigates romantic ideals vs reality, exploring emotions of self-discovery, love, sexuality.
Director
Dag Johan Haugerud
Screenwriter
Dag Johan Haugerud
Cast
Ella Øverbye, Selome Emnetu, Ane Dahl Torp
Country
Norway
Type
Feature film
Category
Fiction
Subtitle
English
23 August 18:30 to 20:20
Théâtre de Lac-Brome
Dag Johan Haugerud
Dag Johan Haugerud (born December 30, 1964, in Eidsberg, Norway) is a librarian, novelist, screenwriter, and film director. He began his career with short films in the late 1990s and made his feature debut with I Belong (2012), which won several Amanda Awards in 2013. In 2019, Beware of Children (Barn) earned nine Amanda Awards and received the Nordic Council Film Prize in 2020. His Sex–Dreams–Love trilogy concluded in 2025 with Dreams (Sex Love), which won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale — a first for a Norwegian film. That same year, he was appointed president of the Giornate degli Autori jury at the Venice Film Festival.