Berlinale 2026 Competition title: NIGHTBORN photo – directed by Hanna Bergholm starring Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint
Berlinale 2026 Competition title
World premiere
NIGHTBORN directed by Hanna Bergholm (Hatching)
Starring: Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint
Finland/Lithuania/France/UK production
With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.
From the director of Hatching, NIGHTBORN is a visceral, gripping and terrifying dark fable about motherhood and unconditional maternal love.
Photo credit:
Left to Right: Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint starring in NIGHTBORN
Photo credit: Pietari Peltola
