The Souvenir

The Souvenir
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joanna Hogg
Written by	Joanna Hogg
Produced by	Joanna Hogg Luke Schiller
Starring	Honor Swinton Byrne Tom Burke Tilda Swinton
Cinematography	David Raedeker
Edited by	Helle Le Fevre
Production companies	JWH Films BBC Films BFI Sikelia Productions Protagonist Pictures
Distributed by	A24 (United States and Canada) Curzon Film (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Release dates	27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) (Sundance) 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) (United States) 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) (United Kingdom)
Running time	119 minutes[1]
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million[2]

The Souvenir is a 2019 romantic drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Joanna Hogg. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of Hogg's experiences at film school. It stars Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, and Tilda Swinton. It follows a young, quietly ambitious film student who embarks on her first serious love affair with a charismatic and mysterious man.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 27 January 2019, where Hogg was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. It was theatrically released in the United States on 17 May 2019, by A24, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 30 August 2019, by Curzon Film. It grossed over $2 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics. It was named one of the top 10 independent films of 2019 by the National Board of Review and was nominated for Best International Film at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards. The film earned eight nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (for Burke), and Most Promising Newcomer (for Swinton Byrne), at the 22nd British Independent Film Awards. A sequel, The Souvenir Part II, was released in 2021.