The Souvenir: Part II

The Souvenir Part II picks up the thread after the impactful events of the first part. As Julie completes her studies at film school and takes her first steps towards a career as a filmmaker, she searches for a way to process her personal loss. At the same time, the possibility of a new love cautiously presents itself.

Director Joanna Hogg builds on the autobiographical elements of The Souvenir and transforms this sequel into a layered reflection on grief, memory, and artistic creation. The film constantly plays with the boundaries between reality and imagination, including through an ingenious film-within-a-film structure and behind-the-scenes scenes of Julie’s graduation project. Hogg weaves in various styles and influences, from dance films and film noir to surrealism and documentary. The result is an intelligent, atmospheric, and emotionally rich mosaic film about loss, self-exploration, and the power of art to give meaning to experiences that are difficult to comprehend.

A24/7 
What do Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Midsommar have in common? Not the cast, not writers, not cinematographers, and certainly not the directors… No, what these three films have in common is the production company/distributor A24. The American A24 is a true success story: film lovers spring to life when they see the A24 logo in the opening credits. The company was founded in 2012 by Daniel Katz, John Hodges, and David Fenkel, all of whom were not yet forty years old at the time. Initially, A24 was only involved in the distribution of films. They pick up films that often struggle to find a large audience. Because the films are different, innovative, and because the creators take risks. In 2016, they turn a new page. For the first time in their still-young existence, they produce a film themselves. And again, it hits the mark, as the first film A24 invests in with their own money is Barry Jenkins’ eventual Oscar winner Moonlight.

In the nearly 15 years that A24 has existed, they have produced and/or distributed around 150 films. 150 films without superheroes, cliché characters, or wafer-thin plots, but with real flesh-and-blood people, with their own, unknown stories that deserve to be seen on the big screen once again. That’s why this summer; A24/7 - a modest selection of seven titles from the rich A24 catalog.