Acclaimed British filmmaker Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir, The Eternal Daughter) will head up the jury of the Giornate degli Autori (GdA) sidebar at the upcoming 2024 Venice Film Festival. Hogg will oversee a jury of 27 young European film fans judging the movies of the parallel section, which runs alongside the Venice festival from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7. The jury will pick the section’s GdA Director’s Award.
“Throughout her cinematic journey, Hogg has examined the human soul, family and sentimental relationships with rare precision, psychological depth and authenticity,” said GdA artistic director Gaia Furrer. “Hers is an implosive cinema, as Martin Scorsese, who produced Hogg’s last three films, defined it: A cinema capable of bringing to light truths that are often uncomfortable or unspeakable.”
Hogg is best known for her pair of autobiographical dramas, The Souvenir (2019) and The Souvenir: Part II (2021), the first of which premiered in Sundance, the second in Cannes. Her latest feature, The Eternal Daughter, which stars frequent collaborator Tilda Swinton in a dual role, premiered in competition in Venice in 2022. Hogg also served on the official competition jury of the 2020 Biennale.
“What could be more fun and stimulating than watching films and sharing ideas with a jury of young cinephiles,” said Hogg in a statement. “I thank the Giornate degli Autori for inviting me to what I anticipate will be days of joyful and inspiring discussions about cinema and its possibilities.”
