PREMIERING AT THE 2022 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
OPENS APRIL 29TH, 2022
IN THEATERS AND DIGITAL / VOD
Synopsis: In HATCHING, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog ‘Lovely Everyday Life’ presents their family’s idyllic existence as manicured suburban perfection. One day, after finding a wounded bird in the woods, Tinja brings its strange egg home, nestles it in her bed, and nurtures it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest friend and a living nightmare, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable veneer into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see.
Directed by: Hanna Bergholm
Written By: Ilja Rautsi
Starring: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Oiva Ollila, Reino Nordin
Produced by: Mika Ritalahti, Nico Ritalahti, Nima Yousefi
Cinematographer: Jarkko T. Laine F.S.C.
Edited by: Linda Jildmalm SFK
Runtime: 87 mins
