The Eternal Daughter

63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere

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. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Tilda Swinton, acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s beguiling latest film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave behind.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Joanna Hogg

Script: Joanna Hogg

Cinematography: Ed Rutherford

Editing: Helle le Fevre

Sound: Jovan Ajder, David Giles

Actors: Tilda Swinton, August Joshi, Carly-Sophia Davies, Joseph Mydell, Crispin Buxton

Production: Element Pictures

Producers: Ed Guiney, Emma Norton, Andrew Lowe, Joanna Hogg

Co-producers: Eimhear McMahon

Costumes: Grace Snell

Production Design: Stéphane Collonge

Executive producer: Rose Garnett, Martin Scorsese

Make Up: Siobhán Harper-Ryan

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: United Kingdom

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 96΄

Contact: A24 Films

Joanna Hogg

Joanna Hogg began to incessantly shoot experimental Super 8 films after borrowing a camera from her mentor Derek Jarman. She went on to study direction at the National School of Film and Television and her graduation piece Caprice starred a then-unknown Tilda Swinton. Hogg’s depiction of unarguably middle-class characters has prompted some commentators to see her work as spearheading a new type of social realism in British film. In 2019, the Thessaloniki IFF presented a tribute to her work.