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Nightborn

Afterhours / Yön lapsi / Finland, France, United Kingdom, Lithuania 2026

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Screenings

Friday 3/7 / 22:00
Lazne III
1L5
Monday 6/7 / 23:59
Small Hall
42A
Thursday 9/7 / 23:59
Small Hall
72A
Saturday 11/7 / 23:59
Cas Cinema
9C9

Synopsis

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a traditional English man from a Christian family married someone other than a traditional English woman from a Christian family? For instance, what if he married Saga, for whom he would then move from London deep into the woods of Finland, where they then have a child? If this is the kind of story you’ve been waiting for, then wait no further… Director and screenwriter Hanna Bergholm’s Nightborn explores motherhood and the life of new parents from a fresh and occasionally bloodthirsty perspective. Because sometimes, instead of baby food, you need a vial of O-positive as you draw the shades, so not a single ray of sunshine falls on your little bundle of joy. Which family members will live to hear baby’s first word? And will that word be “flesh”?

Petra Vočadlová

About the film

92 min / Color, DCP

Director Hanna Bergholm / Screenplay Ilja Rautsi, Hanna Bergholm / Dir. of Photography Pietari Peltola / Music Eicca Toppinen / Sound Micke Nyström / Editor Jussi Rautaniemi / Art Director Kari Kankaanpää / Producer Daniel Kuitunen, Noëmie Devide / Production Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta / Coproduction Getaway Films, Filmai LT, Bluelight Nightborn Limited / Cast Seidi Haarla, Rupert Grint, Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey, John Thomson / Sales GoodFellas / Distributor CinemArt, a.s.

About the director

Hanna Bergholm

Hanna Bergholm. Selected filmography: Puppet Master (2018, short), Hatching (Pahanhautoja, 2022), Nightborn (Yön lapsi, 2026).

Contacts

GoodFellas
73 rue Sainte-Anne, 75002, Paris
France
Phone: +33 143 132 164
E-mail: [email protected]

CinemArt, a.s.
Národní 60/28, 111 21, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 949 110
E-mail: [email protected]

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