Chronovisor
2026

Chronovisor

In this Borgesian academia-noir, hyper-literate philosopher Béatrice becomes absorbed in a search for the “chronovisor,” a device built in Italy in the 1950s that can – so it’s said – allow its user to see into the past.

Director

Jack Auen
Kevin Walker

Runtime

100 Minutes

Country

United States

Classification

Unclassified 15+

In this Borgesian academia-noir, hyper-literate philosopher Béatrice becomes absorbed in a search for the “chronovisor,” a device built in Italy in the 1950s that can – so it’s said – allow its user to see into the past. Uniquely immersing us in the act of research, independent US filmmaking duo Kevin Walker and Jack Auen craft a found-media horror for lovers of literature and late nights in the library as we follow Béatrice into a web of religious conspiracy and occult mystery that builds to a chilling finale.

Melbourne

Rotterdam

Film Credits

Director

Jack Auen & Kevin Walker

Year

2026

Country

United States

Language

EnglishFrenchGerman & Italian

Subtitles

English

Type

Feature Fiction

Program Strand

Moviejuice

Producer

Jason Zuriff

Writer

Jack Auen & Kevin Walker

Cinematographer

Leo Zhang

Editor

Kevin Walker & Jack Auen

Cast

Anne-Laure Sellier

Music

Gustav Holst

Film Source

Lights On & Plainwater

Screens As Part Of

No Film Found

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Moviejuice

At AFF 2026, Moviejuice returns with an evening of historical conspiracy and paranoia amongst the abyssal depths of the archive. Kevin Walker and Jack Auen’s Rotterdam favourite Chronovisor and local hero Gabriel Bath’s Scum ‘87 burrow through hidden records and esoteric media in a series of late-night research binges that gradually take over the psyche. Falling down a rabbit hole of mysterious literary and audiovisual ephemera, both films form a DIY diptych on the pleasures and horrors of the deep dive, and the manifold ways that one can find themselves trapped in the past.