It started on the Marseille waterfront, where debut features from corners of the world that rarely reach North American multiplexes tend to get their one good shot. Lost Chapters, a Venezuelan drama arriving with no franchise behind it and no marquee name attached, took that shot at FID Marseille — and landed somewhere worth landing.
New York-based distributor Several Futures has acquired North American distribution rights to the film, the companies announced this week. For a first-time Venezuelan feature filmmaker, a deal with a dedicated arthouse-leaning distributor following a world premiere at one of Europe’s more discerning documentary and experimental film festivals is about as clean a launch sequence as the independent circuit offers.
Several Futures has carved out a lane in recent years for exactly this kind of acquisition — international work that arrives with festival credibility and needs a stateside partner willing to do the slower, more deliberate work of finding its audience. Lost Chapters fits the profile: territory-specific, debut energy, FID provenance.
Venezuela’s film industry has operated under significant resource constraints for years, making international festival traction and foreign distribution deals rarer and correspondingly more meaningful when they land. No North American release date or platform has been confirmed. Several Futures is expected to announce theatrical and streaming plans in the coming months.