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Director Hanna Bergholm and Star Seidi Haarla Talk Berlinale Shocker ‘Nightborn’: ‘We Were Dead Serious While Making It’

Feb 15, 2026 3:30am PT Director Hanna Bergholm and Star Seidi Haarla Talk Berlinale Shocker ‘Nightborn’: ‘We Were Dead Serious While Making It’ By Marta Balaga Plus Icon Marta Balaga Latest The Rich Fall in Anke Blondé’s Berlin Competitioin Drama ’Dust’ But Today’s Reality Is ‘Much More Absurd’ 1 day ago In Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly Starrer ‘A Prayer for the Dying,’ Dara Van Dusen Takes on Epidemics, Wildfires and Immigrants That ‘Built’ the U. S. 2 days ago Series Mania to Open With Disney+ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel ‘The Testaments’ and Include ‘The Audacity’ With ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Star Simon Helberg 3 days ago See All Pietari Peltola Hanna Bergholm’s Finnish chiller “Nightborn” shook up Berlinale’s competition, with some viewers laughing during its violent scenes.

'Nightborn'

'Nightborn'

Credit: Variety

Key Highlights

  • But its star, Seidi Haarla, isn’t laughing.
  • “We were dead serious while making it,” she tells Variety.
  • Haarla plays Saga, who moves with her British husband, Jon (“Harry Potter” alumnus Rupert Grint), to a house surrounded by a Finnish forest.
  • Saga becomes pregnant, but after giving birth she’s convinced something is very wrong with her baby boy.
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  1. Director Hanna Bergholm and Star Seidi Haarla Talk Berlinale Shocker ‘Nightborn’: ‘We Were Dead Serious While Making It’

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