Nostalgia for the Future: VIDEOS

Nostalgia for the Future A film by Brecht Debackere Belgium / Netherlands / Italy, 2026, 75', English & French spoken (EN, FR st) 4K Digital Video, color, 16:9, stereo & 5.1 www.nostalgiaforthefuture.com Guided by the narration of Charlotte Rampling, Nostalgia for the Future is a descent into the labyrinthine world of Chris Marker, the “best-known author of unknown films,” who spent a lifetime concealing himself behind a veil of pseudonyms and images of cats. Moving through a constellation of personal documents and film fragments, an archivist attempts to decode the man through the material traces he left behind. By repurposing and recontextualizing Marker’s own body of work, the film treats his images as “time machines,” transforming the archive into a landscape of living memory. Nostalgia for the Future is a meditation on memory, identity, and the power our past images hold over the futures we imagine. ______________________________________ Written & Directed by BRECHT DEBACKERE Narrated by CHARLOTTE RAMPLING Executive Producer STEVEN DHOEDT | Co-Producers MARC THELOSEN | DANIEL DE VALCK | ERIKA ROSSI | Cinematography ALEXI VAN HENNECKER | BEN GRINAND | JÉRÔME DE GERLACHE | Editor BEPPE LEONETTI | Original Music RUTGER ZUYDERVELT | Sound Design BORIS DEBACKERE | FRANCESCO MOROSINI | Mixing DIEGO VAN UDEN | Colorist CHIARA PONTUALI | Graphics & Motion Design FLORIS DEERENBERG | GIJS KUIJPER | Archive Research & Clearances ISABELLE ERRERA | DOCS & STOCK A VISUALANTICS production, co-produced by SERIOUSFILM | COBRA FILMS | GHIRIGORI supported by EURIMAGES - COUNCIL OF EUROPE | VLAAMS AUDIOVISUEEL FONDS (VAF) | NEDERLANDS FILMFONDS (NFF) | CENTRE DU CINÉMA ET DE L'AUDIOVISUEL DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES (CCA) | FONDO AUDIOVISIVO FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA | BELGIAN TAX SHELTER VIA FLANDERS TAX SHELTER