Nostalgia for the future

A film based on the life and work of director Chris Marker. A documentary essay about memory, history, nostalgia and how images of the past shape our future. The essence of the archive as the fundament of our collective memory itself is being questioned.

script & director Brecht Debackere| editor Beppe Leonetti | sound design Wiebe de Boer | music Niels Borrey | supported by the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Netherlands Film Fund & Fondo per l’Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia | a co-production with Visualantics (Brussels) Steven Dhoedt | international sales Cat ‘n Docs Catherine Le Clef | film distribution Windmill Film Distribution Annemiek van der Hell & Wallie Pollé