The coming of age film “Drømmer,” or Dreams, by Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud has won the Golden Bear, the top prize of the Berlin International Film Festival, known as the Berlinale, the festival has announced. The feature film is about a young woman who falls in love with her teacher, but the feelings of 17-year-old Johanne, played by Ella Øverbye, are not reciprocated. Motivated by her mother and grandmother, she turns her fantasies and heartbreak into a novel. “Drømmer” is the third
Norwegian drama “Dreams” won the top prize at the Berlin film festival on Saturday, while Australia’s Rose Byrne clinched the Best Performance award, with both movies focused on women’s experiences. – Women in film –
“We were so impressed by the fact that among the competition films, there were so many films where women were behind and in front of the camera telling stories about women’s lives and their experiences,” Haynes told the ceremony.