Hatching is a horror film about a 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja, who does everything to fulfil her mother’s high expectations. One day, Tinja finds a strange bird egg and starts hatching it until out bursts a birdlike creature. Tinja names the horrifying monster Alli, and hides it in her closet.

Like baby birds, Alli only eats Tinja’s vomit, and after each feeding it gradually transforms into Tinja’s doppelganger. Tinja’s buried aggression and jealousy pushes Alli into increasingly violent attacks until no one is safe.

Irish Premiere

Director: Hanna Bergholm
Writers: Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi & Nima Yousefi
Producers: Mika Ritalahti & Nico Ritalahti
Cast: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä & Jani Volanen