Charlotte Rampling travels through Chris Marker’s world in our exclusive trailer premiere for Nostalgia for the Future, premiering at Cannes 2026.
Watch at the link in bio.
Here’s the synopsis: “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."
The Leader is heading North! 🇳🇴 We’re thrilled to announce our Norwegian premiere at @ravenheartfilmfest 🐦⬛✨️ Oslo, prepare yourselves... The Leader Will Come! 😱
We had to hold our tongue for quite some time on this one, but we're finally in the clear! Nostalgia for the Future , the sophomore film of Brecht Debackere , will have its world premiere at @festivaldecannes 2026, in the Cannes Classics section !
Nostalgia for the Future is a descent into the labyrinthine world of Chris Marker - the "best-known author of unknown films" - through the personal documents and film fragments he left behind. A meditation on memory, identity, and the power our past images hold over the futures we imagine.
🎙️ Narrated by CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
🎬 Written & Directed by BRECHT DEBACKERE
✂️ Editor BEPPE LEONETTI
📷 Cinematography ALEXI VAN HENNECKER | BEN GRINAND | JÉRÔME DE GERLACHE
🎵 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
⭐Executive Producer STEVEN DHOEDT
⭐Co-Producers MARC THELOSEN | DANIEL DE VALCK | ERIKA ROSSI
🤝 A co-prodution between Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy
VISUALANTICS (BE) | COBRAFILMS (BE) | SERIOUSFILM (NL) | GHIRIGORI (IT)
🙏 Supported by
@vlaamsaudiovisueelfonds · @eurimagescoe · @nederlandsfilmfonds · @centreducinema · fondoaudiovisivoFVG· @flanderstaxshelter · @deauteurs@flandersimage
#CannesClassics #CannesClassics2026 #ChrisMarker #NostalgiaForTheFuture #Documentary #EssayFilm
🏆 Best International Short Film @madeirafantasticfilmfest ✨️ We are honoured by this appreciation from the jury & audience in Madeira. Many thanks ❤️🔥 The Leader Wins!
リーダーがやってくる! Japan here we come 🇯🇵 Our short is selected for the Palma Versus festival in Tokyo ⛩️🗼From the parochiezaal to the land of the rising sun, The Leader Will Come! 🌅
The Leader Will Come to Madeira! Official Selection for @madeirafantasticfilmfest 🗻🌕 Especially for this occasion, Monique will prepare her version of Tong in Madeirasaus! Yum! 😋
"insightful....sets itself an ambitious goal: to expose the hidden infrastructure of state coercion that supports European migration policy" - Guardian
HOLD ON TO HER by Robin Vanbesien is out now on True Story
#TrueStoryDOCS #TrueStory #Documentary #HoldOnToHer #RobinVanbesien @robinvanbesien@visualantics@filmotor_distribution
Quel tour de force 🔥 加油 Ga Yau!
@breaking_walls_movie is set to have its world premiere at the @lecourtclermont . 8 screenings starting from this Saturday 31.01.2026
congrats to director @jandirkbouw , lead animator & art director @svrr and the entire Belgian animation team!
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BREAKING WALLS
Digital 2K, color, 16:9, 5.1, English/Dutch/Cantonese, 2026, 22’32"
Journalist and activist Hoi Yi fights against the ever-growing global rise of surveillance and censorship, while suppressing his queer identity from his family. The personal repression he faces is reflected in his commitment to the freedom of others
breakingwallsmovie.com
written & directed by JAN-DIRK BOUW | art director & lead animator SVERRE FREDRIKSEN
based on the story of --------------
with PATRICK NG | SIJTZE VAN DER MEER | SHEILA HO | LAI PING CHEUNG CHAN
animators SYLVIE FLAMAND | ROBIN MARTENS | SANTIAGO PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ | KJERSTIN WESTBYE-CHRISTIANSEN
camera STEF VAN WIJK | sound recordists WOLF DOYEN | RIEN BOUWENS
editors METTE CHUNG MUNTHE-KAAS | JOHANNA DOROTHEA RAITA | sound design & rerecording mixer FRODE LØES HVATUM |musicians STEINAR OFSDAL | EVEN STEINE | RUNE VAN DEUR | grading & mastering FREDRIK HARRESCHOU
produced by KOERT DAVIDSE & MARC THELOSEN for seriousFilm (NL) | STEVEN DHOEDT for Visualantics (BE) |METTE CHUNG MUNTHE-KAAS & JOHANNA DOROTHEA RAITA for TEN THOUSAND IMAGES (NO) | FRODE SØBSTAD for TENK.TV (NO) | MATHIJS JORRITSMA for VPRO (NL)
supported by the NETHERLANDS FILM FUND (NFF) | VPRO | FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF) | THE TAX SHELTER MEASURE OF THE BELGIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT through FLANDERS TAX SHELTER | FONDS 21 | AMSTERDAM FUND FOR THE ARTS | NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE | VIKEN FILMSENTER | FRITT ORD FOUNDATION
distribution KABOOM DISTRIBUTION
