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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 “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.
Directed by : Brecht DEBACKERE
Year of production: 2026
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Italy
Durée : 75 minutes
Year of production: 2026
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Italy
Durée : 75 minutes
Credits
- Brecht DEBACKERE Director
- Alexi VAN HENNECKER Cinematography
- Jerome DE GERLACHE Cinematography
- Brecht DEBACKERE Screenplay
- Rutger ZUYDERVELT Music
- Giuseppe LEONETTI Editing
- Boris DEBACKERE Sound
- Francesco MOROSINI Sound
- Diego VAN UDEN Sound
Casting
- Charlotte RAMPLING Narrator
Images
Contacts
Production
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VISUALANTICS
Quai au Foin 17
1000
BRUXELLES Belgium[email protected]https://www.visualantics.net
Secondary Production
- SERIOUSFILM Netherlands
Secondary Production
- COBRA FILMS Belgium
Secondary Production
- GHIRIGORI Italy
French Press
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GLORIA ZERBINATI
Gloria ZERBINATI[email protected]
International Press
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GLORIA ZERBINATI
Gloria ZERBINATI[email protected]
