Hatching (film)

Hatching
Theatrical release poster
Finnish	Pahanhautoja
Directed by	Hanna Bergholm
Written by	Ilja Rautsi
Produced by	Mika Ritalahti Niko Ritalahti Nima Yousefi
Starring	Siiri Solalinna Sophia Heikkilä Jani Volanen Reino Nordin
Cinematography	Jarkko T. Laine
Edited by	Linda Jildmalm
Music by	Stein Berge Svendsen
Production companies	Silva Mysterium Hobab Umedia Film i Väst
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release dates	23 January 2022 (2022-01-23) (Sundance) 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) (Finland)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish
Budget	€3.95 million[1]
Box office	$659,009[2]

Hatching (Finnish: Pahanhautoja) is a 2022 Finnish psychological body horror film directed by Hanna Bergholm, written by Ilja Rautsi and starring Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen and Reino Nordin.^[3] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2022 and was released theatrically in Finland on 4 March 2022 by Nordisk Film. It won the Grand Prix and the Prix du Jury Jeunes at the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer 2022.

The film centers on Tinja, a young gymnast desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family to the world through her popular blog. One day, Tinja finds a mysterious egg, which she chooses to bring home. Once it hatches, she names the creature within "Alli", and cares for it as it grows into a doppelgänger that acts upon Tinja's repressed emotions.^[4]