Tilda Swinton has recalled going to “43 funerals” in one year, at the height of the Aids pandemic, including for her friend, collaborator and gay rights activist Derek Jarman .

The actress, who starred in director Jarman’s Caravaggio in 1986, has been celebrated in a new exhibition, documenting her career, in Amsterdam. Tilda Swinton – Ongoing , runs at the Eye Filmmuseum until February and explores the Oscar-winner’s work with filmmakers such as Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg and Jim Jarmusch, as well as Jarman.

Included in the displays are previously unseen works from Jarman, including Super 8 footage of the actress.

Speaking to the BBC , Swinton recalled Jarman, who died of an Aids-related illness at the age of 52.

Swinton said it was “unimaginable” that she’d be working in film witho

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