Dag Johan Haugerud

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Dag Johan Haugerud (born 30 December 1964) is a Norwegian librarian, novelist, screenwriter and film director. His films include I Belong, which won Amanda Awards in 2013, Beware of Children, which won nine Amanda Awards in 2020, as well as the Nordic Council Film Prize, Sex, which was awarded the 2024 Nordic Council Film Prize, and Dreams (Sex Love), which won the Golden Bear in 2025 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. His novels include Noe med natur (1999), Den som er veldig sterk, må også være veldig snill (2002), Hva jeg betyr (2011) and Enkle atonale stykker for barn (2016). He has created several short films, including Utukt from 2000 and Trøbbel from 2006. His first feature film was the 2012 film I Belong, which won Amanda Awards in 2013 for Best Film, Best Script, Best Director and Best Actress (Laila Goody). In 2014 he directed the medium-length film I'm the One You Want (Det er meg du vil ha [no]). In 2019 he directed the film Beware of Children (original title Barn), and also wrote the script for the film. His 2020 film The Light from the Chocolate Factory (Lyset fra sjokoladefabrikken) treated relations between girlfriends. In 2024, he directed Sex, the first instalment in the new "Sex Dreams Love" trilogy, which was selected in the Panorama section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. Love, the trilogy's second instalment, was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. He was awarded the 2024 Nordic Council Film Prize for the film Sex. He directed the third instalment of the trilogy, Dreams (Sex Love), which had its international premiere in February 2025 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where the film won the Golden Bear. This was the first time a Norwegian film won the Golden Bear

30-12-1964

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Capricorn

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Total Films

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Eidsberg Municipality, Norway

Place of Birth

30-12-1964

Birthday

Capricorn

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Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Eidsberg Municipality, Norway

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Love

A female doctor in her late forties has no desire for a permanent relationship. But when a male nurse talks about how random meetings with men sometimes lead to rewarding and non-committal sex, she notices how this is exactly what she wants.

7.3

Year:

2024

Love

7.3

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2024

Dreams (Sex Love)

A seventeen-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and writes so well, vividly and recognizably that both mother and grandmother think the book should be published. Without taking into account that the girl has only written it to keep the crush alive for herself.

8.0

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2024

Dreams (Sex Love)

8.0

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2024

Sex

Two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity.

5.4

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2024

Sex

Two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity.

5.4

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2024

Light from the Chocolate Factory

Ingrid tries, together with several acquaintances, to compose a song for the wedding of a mutual friend. However, she's more occupied with her mother's death that she may have contributed to.

7.5

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2020

Light from the Chocolate Factory

Ingrid tries, together with several acquaintances, to compose a song for the wedding of a mutual friend. However, she's more occupied with her mother's death that she may have contributed to.

7.5

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2020

Beware of Children

During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.

7.1

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2019

Beware of Children

During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.

7.1

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2019

I'm the One You Want

What would you say about a female teacher falling in love with a 15-year-old? What would you think when you heard her confession? How do you set borders for someone's love and feelings?

6.9

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2014

I'm the One You Want

What would you say about a female teacher falling in love with a 15-year-old? What would you think when you heard her confession? How do you set borders for someone's love and feelings?

6.9

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2014

I Belong

A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are humiliated when offered a present of one million kroner from a relative. A warm and nuanced film about people who all mean well, but end up hurting one another.

6.2

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2012

I Belong

6.2

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2012

Trouble

This movie is about at least two things: 1. Lies and self-deception often creates trouble. 2. Pride has never made anyone happy.

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2006

Trouble

This movie is about at least two things: 1. Lies and self-deception often creates trouble. 2. Pride has never made anyone happy.

0.0

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2006

Arnaud Fleurent-Didier in Colors, Music and Super 8

A film about finding something, sharing it with others, and using it to make something new. A film about found footage, and about the French artist and composer Arnaud Fleurent-Didier.

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2006

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.

5.8

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2005

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

5.8

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2005

To the House

A girl experiences that her grandfather dies the same day she turns 15. It's time for a strange family gathering. The family personalities and the tensions between them will be expressed through choreographed movements and dance seen through the girls point of view.

0.0

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2003

Courts mais Gay : Tome 4

A collection of gay short films. The 9 short films are: The Glider [Le planeur] (1999); Family according to Mathieu [La famille selon Mathieu] (2002); Chicken (2001); Lust [Utukt] (2000); Space 2 [Espacio 2] (2001); The End of the Night [La fin de la nuit] (1997); The Burning Boy (2001); Family Outing (2001); Saint (1997).

0.0

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2002

Clinton: The Musical

The day Clinton visited Norway, my girlfriend broke up with me.

0.0

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2001

Lust

A sister and a brother and the fear of fornication.

4.7

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2000

Lust

A sister and a brother and the fear of fornication.

4.7

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2000

The 7 Deadly Sins

Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.

6.0

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2000

The 7 Deadly Sins

Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.

6.0

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2000

Fancine

Six ideas for movies that will never be made.

0.0

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1999

16 Living Clichés

A portrait of 16 different people characterized by their own unique clichés.

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1998