NYC's Hidden Libraries Occult Mystery Thriller 'Chronovisor' Trailer

"A singular conspiracy thriller that functions as a labyrinthine game." Grasshopper Films has revealed an official trailer for the film Chronovisor, a unique microbudget indie mystery creation from NYC. Marking the feature directorial debut of filmmakers Jack Auen & Kevin Walker, it premiered at the 2026 Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR) and also at New Directors/New Films in NYC. An armchair mystery in which the life of a reclusive academic collides with the story of a clandestine technology that can photograph the past. While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice, a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City's hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough. Starring Anne Laure Sellier as Beatrice. This is an experimental creation that looks entirely mesmerizing and mysterious. Check it out. // Continue Reading ›