Nostalgia for the future

Guided by the voice of Charlotte Rampling, a mysterious archivist navigates the 550 boxes of Chris Marker’s estate to reconstruct a portrait of the man who chose to disappear behind his own images.

premiere during the Cannes Classics programme May, 2026

with the voice over of Charlotte Rampling | script & director Brecht Debackere| editor Beppe Leonetti | sound design Boris Debackere | music Rutger Zuydervelt & Niels Borrey | final mix Diego van Uden | graphics & motion design Floris Deerenberg & Gijs Kuijper | Gaussian splats Reinier van Brummelen | supported by the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Tax Shelter Programme of the Belgian Gouvernement & Fondo per l’Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia, CFWB-CCA & Eurimages | a co-production with Visualantics (Brussels) Steven Dhoedt, Cobra (Wallonia) & Ghirigori (Italy)