Back to the Future Festival: SPECTRAL

Back to the Future is a 3-day festival dedicated to analogue moving images and optical sound- a celebration of the real film medium. The international programme features audio-visual performances, films, presentations, devices, a motion picture panorama, and a radio play.
This 4th edition has a focus on performative & expanded cinema. On show will be works that venture beyond the constraints of the passive cinema to propose an engaged, shared experience of the inimitable ritual of flickering light and shadow.
The festival is an initiative of Filmwerkplaats, WORM’s artist-run analogue film lab and a vital hub for DIY film practice in the Netherlands and across Europe. Many of the works presented are created within the context of SPECTRAL, a joint project by six special film labs across Europe.

Schedule Sunday 21 September
Back to the Future on radio WORM 12.00-13.00 – Conversation #2 interview guests SPECTRAL residencies
13:30 Voluptuous Sleep, Betzy Bromberg (US), feature film
15:30 Por Dentro Somos Color, Elena Pardo (MX), performance
16:15 The Super8 films of Azucena Losana, Azucena Losana (MX), short film programme
17:00 Until the darkness goes, Esther Urlus (NL), performance
18:00 Opblinken, Erwan Tracol & Laurent Reyes (FR), SPECTRAL Residency outcome, performance
Back to the Future on radio WORM 22.00-23.00 – Slightly Scarlet

FULL 3 DAY PROGRAMME HERE.
**tickets €10 day. Cineville valid at the door for the whole day! **

*SPECTRAL (Spatial, Performative & Expanded Cinematic Transnational Research at Artist-run Labs) is a joint project initiated by six such labs focusing on a variety of kinds of work with photo-chemical moving images. SPECTRAL has been conceived to support the creation and dissemination of Expanded Cinematic Art (E.C.A.) and to encourage international collaborations to ensure that this kind of artistic practice can thrive in the future.

BACK TO THE FUTURE takes place on 19-20-21 September 2025 @WORM
Friday 19th 18:30-23:00
Saturday 20th 12:00-23:00
Sunday 21th 12:00-23:00

SPECTRAL is co-funded by the European Union.