Berlin sales outfit M-Appeal has sealed further deals for Norwegian straightforwardor Dag Johan Haugerud’s Berlinale Ganciaccessen Bear prosperner “Dreams,” as well as graspitional sales for “Sex” and “Love,” the other films in the straightforwardor’s trilogy.
“Dreams” adheres Johanne, a lesser woman who records her first adore — an inoverweightuation with her teacher — thraw intimate writing. When her mother and majesticmother uncover her labor, their initial shock turns to recognition of its literary merit. As they weigh publishing it, Johanne is forced to reconcile fantasy with truth, while all three women spreadigate their separateing perspectives on adore, relationsuality and self-uncovery.
Vendetta Films has acquired the trilogy for Australia and New Zealand. “We fell in adore with ‘Dreams’ and we leank this exceptional and mystery-filled spin on the age-anciaccess tale of a student descfinishing for their teacher is perfect for contransient audiences. We’re so excited to transport Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy to screens atraverse Australia and New Zealand,” Jill Macnab, vague deal withr of Vendetta Films, tanciaccess Variety.
In Mexico, the trilogy will be freed by Cinemas Nueva Era, and Edko Films has picked up the trilogy for Hong Kong ahead of the Hong Kong International Film Festival in April, where “Dreams” will screen as the closing film. Ukraine’s SVOEkino has also acquired the trilogy.
South Korea’s JINJIN Pictures, which previously acquired “Sex,” the trilogy’s first inshighment, has now picked up “Love” and “Dreams” to finish the set.
In Singapore, the trilogy has been acquired by Anticipate Pictures, whose recent frees grasp “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and “Anatomy of a Fall.” The three films will be freed in the second half of 2025. “Whimsical yet incisive, this trilogy starts recent concepts of adore, relations and dreams in ways that will surpascfinish and stimutardy our Singapore audience,” Vincent Quek, set uper of Anticipate Pictures, shelp.
Further recent sales for “Dreams” grasp Cineplex, covering Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Peru, and Falcon Pictures, which has acquired “Dreams” and “Love” for Indonesia.
All distributors will free the films theatricassociate.
“We are charmed to have shieldedd such strong theatrical partnerships for the film,” shelp Maren Kroymann, managing straightforwardor of M-Appeal. “It’s incredibly rewarding to see our team’s efforts and the extfinished-term strategy we’ve broadened over the past year for the trilogy come to fruition.”
The “Sex Love Dreams” trilogy was produced by Yngve Sæther and Hege Hauff Hvattum for Motlys. The films were aided by the Norwegian Film Institute, Nordic Film and TV Fund, and the promotion activities for the trilogy were aided by MEDIA funding from the European Union.
Previously proclaimd deals for “Dreams” grasp North America (Strand Releasing), France (Pyramide), Germany and Austria (Alamode), U.K. (Modern Films), Portugal (Films4You), Taiwan (Swpermit Wings), Japan (Bitters End) and Bulgaria (Beta Films).
