Synopsis
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction. Joanna Hogg’s shimmering story of first love and a young woman’s formative years, The Souvenir. Part II is a portrait of the artist that transcends the halting particulars of everyday life — a singular, alchemic mix of memoir and fantasy.
Filmmaker
Joanna Hogg
With a training that encompasses audiovisual experimentation and the filming of mainstream television products, Hogg made his feature film debut in 2007 with Unrelated many years after having directed the short Caprice, starring Tilda Swinton. From here she begins a radically personal filmography that leads her to be considered one of the great names of contemporary cinema and to win a Jury Award at Sundance, among others. In 2025 she received the D’A Award in honor of his career.
Filmography: Autobiografia di una borsetta (short, 2025, D'A 2026), Présages (short, 2024, D'A 2025), The Eternal Daughter (2022, D'A 2023), The Souvenir. Part II (2021, D'A 2022, D'A 2023), The Souvenir (2019, D'A 2022, D'A 2023), Exhibition (2013, D'A 2014, D'A 2023), Archipelago (2010, D'A 2023), Unrelated (2007, D'A 2023), Caprice (short, 1986, D'A 2023)
Awards and festivals
Best editing
Best artistic direction
Best costume design
Poster
