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.

2026
Chronovisor
Chronovisor
Director
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
English, French, German & 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.

