Dag Johan Haugerud (born 30 December 1964) is a Norwegian librarian,

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and film director. 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'' (''Som du ser meg''), which won Amanda Awards in 2013 for best film, best script (Haugerud), best director (Haugerud) and best actress (

Laila Goody Laila Elin Goody (born 22 March 1971) is a Norwegian actress. She was born to an English father who worked in the oil industry and a Norwegian mother. She was born in Stavanger and grew up in Rosendal, Hordaland between the ages of two to ten, b ...

). He directed the 2014 film ', featuring

Andrea Bræin Hovig Andrea Bræin Hovig (born 19 July 1973) is a Norwegian actress. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1998, and has since acted both at Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theater) and at Nationaltheatret (the National The ...

as "the teacher". In 2024, he directed ''

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'', the first instalment in the new "Sex Dreams Love" trilogy, which was selected in the Panorama section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. ''

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'', the trilogy's second installment, was selected to compete for the

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at the

81st Venice International Film Festival The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival will be held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy. Tim Burton's '' Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'' will open the festival on 28 August 2024. French actress Isabelle Huppert will ...

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