Synopsis
A shy but ambitious film student (Honor Swinton Byrne) begins to find her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man (Tom Burke). She defies her protective mother (Tilda Swinton) and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship that comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams. From acclaimed writer-director Joanna Hogg comes an enigmatic and personal portrait of the artist as a young woman, combining passionate emotions and exquisite aesthetics into a lush, dreamlike story of young adulthood and first love. At once enrapturing and mysteriously unsettling— and featuring a profoundly layered breakout performance by Honor Swinton Byrne—The Souvenir is an essential and enduring film from one of our most distinctive and exciting filmmakers.
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
Gran premi del jurat de la secció World Cinema
Poster
