CHRONOVISOR 2026
While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), 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 on a TV screen. 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.
"Don’t miss CHRONOVISOR all hail CHRONOVISOR"
— Jane Schoenbrun (director, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma)
Wednesday, November 4
Director: Jack Auen, Kevin Walker
Starring: Anne Laure Sellier
Runtime: 100 min.
Language: English, Italian, French, German w/ English subtitles
BAD CHANNELS W/ MOTHER EARTH 2026
A feature-length midnight anthology hosted by drag horror icon Peaches Christ, BAD CHANNELS fuses three Fantastic Fest-selected animated shorts — including a cosmic death metal stop-motion horror from underground art legend Skinner — into a single hallucinatory broadcast from the forbidden side of the cartoon dial. Screens with Jimmy ScreamerClauz's MOTHER EARTH. In-person Q&A w/ Skinner!
Thursday, November 5
Director: Ashley Sengstaken, Robbie C. Ward, Skinner & Ross Kennedy, Jimmy ScreamerClauz
Runtime: 83 min.
Language: English
ORFEO 2025
Virgilio Villoresi’s entrancing take on the myth of Orpheus, envisioning the hero as a loner pianist in a sensual reimagination of the underworld, is a visual adventure, combining beautiful 16mm photography, handcrafted sets, meticulous stop-motion animation, and in-camera optical effects.
Villoresi’s singular take on the myth of Orpheus is an entrancing celebration of the possibilities of cinematic artifice. Villoresi reenvisions Orpheus as a loner pianist whose gaze meets that of a stranger, Eura, at the club where he performs one night; they fall in love, only for Eura to disappear almost as suddenly. Orpheus catches a glimpse of her some time later and follows her into what we come to realize is a visionary, sensual reimagination of the underworld. Adapted from Dino Buzzati’s 1969 graphic novel Poema a fumetti, Villoresi’s feature debut combines beautiful 16mm photography, lovingly handcrafted sets, meticulously orchestrated stop-motion animation, and in-camera optical effects to arrive at a mesmerizing, artisanal work that announces its director as one of Italian cinema’s most exciting new voices. (FilmLinc)
Thursday, November 19
Director: Virgilio Villoresi
Starring: Luca Vergoni, Giulia Maenza, Aomi Muyock
Runtime: 74 min.
Language: Italian w/ English subtitles