Sex premiered at the Berlinale in February 2024; Love wound up debuting in Competition at Venice in September 2024; five months later, in February 2025, Dreams won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale. Meanwhile, the films’ U.S. distributor, Strand Releasing, has opted for its own order of exhibition: first comes Love, then Sex, then Dreams. In promotional interviews for the films, Haugerud has steered clear of prescriptive statements, and for good reason. Indeed, it’s the character of soft-spoken gay psychologist Bjørn (Lars Jacob Holm) who sews Love and Dreams together: in the former, he’s tenderly supported through illness by Tor; in the latter, he provides late counsel to Johanne. The choose-your-own-adventure fluidity of this trilogy is right in line with its inclusive, elastic understanding of modern queer lives.