Joanna Hogg’s ‘The Eternal Daughter’ picked up for UK-Ireland

Joanna Hogg’s gothic ghost story The Eternal Daughter has been acquired for distribution in the UK and Ireland by BFI Distribution.

The UK-US production marks the BFI’s second acquisition from A24, following God’s Creatures earlier this year.

A theatrical release is planned for autumn. It will also form part of a Joanna Hogg retrospective season running at BFI Southbank, also taking place in the autumn.

The film, which premiered at Venice, tells the story of an artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. Tilda Swinton stars.

Hogg is also a producer on the project, alongside Ed Guiney, Emma Norton and Andrew Lowe. Executive producers are Rose Garnett and Martin Scorsese and the co-producer is Eimhear McMahon. It is an Element Pictures production with the support of A24, BBC Film, JWH Films and Sikelia Productions.

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