Norwegian Dream is this year's opening film at Kosmorama

- Kosmorama is an international festival that wants show the best of films from around the world. We think it's exciting that the first stop on the film ticket is in our own local area, Trondheim and Trøndelag, says Silje Engeness, director of Kosmorama.

NORWEGIAN DREAM is a queer love drama that was shot in Hitra, Frøya, Orkanger and Trondheim over a period of 26 days in 2021. The film is produced by Spætt Film from Trondheim with producer Håvard Wettland Gossé. He was also one of the producers for TRONDHEIMSREISEN, Kosmorama's opening film in 2018.

NORWEGIAN DREAM offer a realistic portrayal of two young men, one Polish and one Norwegian, who meet across cultures. When they develop a close relationship, they face several challenges. Director Leiv Igor Devold, who himself has a Norwegian-Polish background and lives in Trondheim, has made a painful drama about how difficult it can be to love others when you cannot accept yourself. The main actors Hubert Miłkowski and Trønder Karl Bekele Steinland lead an exciting cast of Polish, Norwegian and local actors.

There is reason to hope that NORWEGIAN DREAM will pave the way for more film projects with queer themes in Norwegian cinemas in coming years. It is also the first film to portray life as an immigrant worker from the perspective of the largest immigrant group in Norway, the Poles.

- There has been an enormous amount of work over many years to make this film, with efforts from many people both locally in Trøndelag and internationally. It feels very right that it gets to meet the public for the first time, on home ground during Kosmorama this year. I am very much looking forward to sharing this story with the festival audience, says director Leiv Igor Devold.

NORWEGIAN DREAM is supported by Filminvest, and also has co-production funds from Poland and Germany.