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Dag Johan Haugerud

Born December 30, 1964 · Eidsberg Municipality, Norway (age 61)

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 …

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Sex

Two married, heterosexual chimney sweeps face experiences that unsettle their views on sexuality and identity. One has a same-sex encounter without considering it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity. The other finds himself in dreams where he is seen as a woman.

Dreams

MovieRomanceDrama

Johanne falls in love with her teacher and records her fantasies and feelings in writing. Together with her mother and grandmother, they debate the literary potential and whether to publish it.

Love

MovieRomanceDrama

Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.

I Belong

I Belong · 2012

MovieComedyDrama

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.

Fancine

Fancine · 1999

Six ideas for movies that will never be made.

Beware of Children

Beware of Children · 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.

I'm the One You Want

I'm the One You Want · 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?

To the House

To the House · 2003

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.

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Sex

Two married, heterosexual chimney sweeps face experiences that unsettle their views on sexuality and identity. One has a same-sex encounter without considering it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity. The other finds himself in dreams where he is seen as a woman.

Director

Dreams

MovieRomanceDrama

Johanne falls in love with her teacher and records her fantasies and feelings in writing. Together with her mother and grandmother, they debate the literary potential and whether to publish it.

Director

Love

MovieRomanceDrama

Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.

Writer

I Belong

I Belong · 2012

MovieComedyDrama

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.

Director

Fancine

Fancine · 1999

Six ideas for movies that will never be made.

Director

Beware of Children

Beware of Children · 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.

Writer

I'm the One You Want

I'm the One You Want · 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?

Director

To the House

To the House · 2003

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.

Director

Arnaud Fleurent-Didier in Colors, Music and Super 8

Arnaud Fleurent-Didier in Colors, Music and Super 8 · 2006

Arnaud Fleurent-Didier in Colors, Music and Super 8

MovieDocumentary

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.

Director

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl · 2005

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.

Director

The 7 Deadly Sins

The 7 Deadly Sins · 2000

The 7 Deadly Sins

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

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Courts mais Gay : Tome 4

Courts mais Gay : Tome 4 · 2002

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).

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Clinton: The Musical

Clinton: The Musical · 2001

Clinton: The Musical

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

Director

Trouble

Trouble · 2006

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

Writer

Light from the Chocolate Factory

Light from the Chocolate Factory · 2020

Light from the Chocolate Factory

MovieMusicComedy

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.

Director

16 Living Clichés

16 Living Clichés · 1998

16 Living Clichés

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

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