Nostalgia for the Future

Guided by the narration of Charlotte Rampling, Nostalgia for the Future is a descent into the labyrinthine world of Chris Marker, the “bestknown 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

Editor BEPPE LEONETTI | Original Music RUTGER ZUYDERVELT
Cinematography ALEXI VAN HENNECKER | BEN GRINAND | JÉRÔME DE GERLACHE
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

Executive Producer STEVEN DHOEDT | Co-Producers MARC THELOSEN | DANIEL DE VALCK | ERIKA ROSSI

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