"I was simply head over heels in love with Johanna. That's why I wrote it down. To keep it with me." After another long winter film festival at the end of February, the 2025 Berlin Film Festival announced the award winners - giving the Golden Bear top prize to Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud and his film known as Dreams (in English). This warm and fuzzy Norwegian film is deserving of the top prize at this year's festival, finally a winner that seems to be less of a political pick and more about wonderful filmmaking getting reconigition. I'm glad I had a chance to catch up with Dreams at the end of Berlinale, right before it would go on to win, as it is a seriously wholesome and uplifting cinematic experience. Everyone feels better after watching it. And I'm glad I could catch this one on the big screen and take it in, be wrapped up in it, feel the warmth it exudes like the warmth of the light from the projector. Dreams is the third feature in Dag Johan Haugerud's recent trilogy & it is undoubtedly the best of the three. He really did save the best for last. // Continue Reading ›