Chronoception – Trailer

Documentary Film・55 min・2023

RIDERS: Thomas Delfino・Léa Klaue・Aurélien Lardy・Hélias Millerioux・Jean-Yves Blutch Fredriksen

Chronoception - ski movie expedition in Kyrgyzstan

Reaching the summit of Pyramida - "Chronoception" Kyrgyzstan ©Jeremy-Bernard / PICTURE

Affiche du film "Chronoception" de Picture - Guillaume Broust

There are a thousand ways to tell a story. This one follows a different way of experiencing time, one that guides our protagonists all throughout the twenty-two day expedition in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Following in the footsteps of the country’s nomadic people and the ancient Silk Road, Thomas Delfino, Léa Klaue, and Aurélien Lardy embark on an adventure to one of the most remote and still unexplored places in Asia: the Kokshaal-Too Mountains. This dream team, with support from legendary high-mountain guides Hélias Millerioux and Jean-Yves Fredriksen, find themselves thrown into a world where Time and Space appear to stand still.

Like a modern fable, composed by local musicians who wrote this story in three acts, we immerse ourselves into Kyrgyz culture, a nomadic, shamanic people with ancestral rituals that offer a glimpse into their unique way of life. Like an ode to Adventure, one that early explorers told through watercolors in their travel journals, encountering the wider World and its many people.

Making an expedition documentary

Read the behind-the-scenes story of filming the expedition in Kyrgyzstan.

Awards, films festivals & screenings

The film CHRONOCEPTION is being showcased at numerous international festivals in 2023 and 2024 and has already won several awards! Here is the complete list of screenings and festivals where the film is being shown (regularly updated). If you are a festival and wish to select the film, please visit the Film Freeway page.

CHRONOCEPTION is also part of the BANFF World Tour 2024, spanning dozens of countries and hundreds of dates! Check all the screenings on their site; there’s probably one near you. The official online release on YouTube is scheduled for February 8, 2024.