• thriller/horror ,
  • second feature ,
  • Feature Films
2026

Nightborn

Yön lapsi

Details

Eager to start a family, Saga and Jon move to her childhood home in the Finnish forest. But after their baby’s birth, the couple’s dream of a perfect child spirals into a nightmare and only she senses the unsettling truth.

World premiere: Berlinale Competition 2026
 
DIRECTOR
: Hanna Bergholm
SCRIPTWRITERS: Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi
CAST: Seidi Haarla, Rupert Grint, Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio
PRODUCER: Daniel Kuitunen
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Komeetta
SALES: Goodfellas

Director

Hanna Bergholm

Hanna Bergholm graduated in 2009 from the University of Art and Design Helsinki with MA in Film Directing. Her  debut feature Hatching premiered at Sundance in 2022. Nightborn, which was selected to Competition at Berlinale, is her second feature film.

Contact

Jenni Domingo

Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Feature Films

• festival distribution strategy for feature films
• travel support and material and marketing support for feature films

+ 358 9 6220 3032