THE KNOCKING

The genre of The Knocking is somewhere between drama and horror thriller.

In the middle of the forest lies a run-down detached house, the childhood home of the now grown-up siblings, to which they return after years to settle their parents' property. The house and the forest have a dark history – 15 years earlier, the father of the trio was found brutally murdered and the youngest of the children, Matilda, was found locked in a small cage in the corner of the bedroom. The mother was then declared missing. Soon they discover that the forest is making them behave strangely. Is the environment bringing up the siblings' childhood traumas or is there something supernatural happening in the forest? As darkness falls, the events of the past begin to repeat themselves and no one is safe.

ROLES INCLUDE:
INKA KALLÉN – Maria
SAANA KOIVISTO – Matilda
PEKKA STRANG – Mikko
JANINA BERMAN – Old Lady
OLGA TEMONEN – Mother
NIKO SAARELA – Father
HILMA TEMONEN – Young Matilda
LINNEA SKOG – Young Maria
KRISTIAN STIERNCREUTZ – Young Mikko
MIKKO LEPPILAMPI – Lawyer
VILLE PIDÄTYS – Ferry driver

The Knocking

PREMIERE IN FINLAND
22.2.2023

DURATION
87 min

RATED FOR AGE
16+

DIRECTORS
Max Seeck and Joonas Pajunen

PRODUCERS
Jukka Helle, Markus Selin and Hanna Virolainen

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Niko Derome

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Ida Kallio

SCRIPT
Max Seeck and Joonas Pajunen

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Matti Eerikäinen F.S.C.

SET DESIGN
Kristina Lõuk

COSTUME DESIGN
Kristina Lõuk

MAKE-UP DESIGN
Gristina Pahmann

VFX ARTISTS
Janne "ToxicAngel" Pitkänen and Pedro Furet

SOUND DESIGN
Kirka Sainio

MUSIC
Tuomas Kantelinen

EDITOR
Joona Louhivuori F.C.E.

TV RIGHTS
MTV

DISTRIBUTION
Nordisk Film