Movies and TvShows featuring "camera-obscura" theme.

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. August is 10 years old and lives in Brooklyn with his parents, older sister, and dog. He has a rare medical facial deformity and has undergone multiple surgeries. After being homeschooled, he is enrolled in middle school, where he faces stares and jests from his classmates. With the support of his teacher and new friend, he navigates the challenges of school and forms unbreakable bonds. Wonder is a tale of courage, friendship, and the power of kindness.

In 1920s Los Angeles, a young girl named Alexandria befriends Roy, a bedridden patient in a hospital, who tells her a captivating story set on a desert island. The story involves a group of prisoners seeking revenge on Governor Odious. As the story unfolds, Alexandria becomes immersed in the tale, but the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. Through the power of storytelling, both Roy and Alexandria find solace and hope in the face of their own personal struggles.

After being dumped by their respective partners, an astronomer and a photographer team up to sabotage their ex-lovers' new relationship. Along the way, they discover unexpected feelings for each other.

Tim's Vermeer is a documentary that follows inventor Tim Jenison as he seeks to uncover the secrets behind the techniques used by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Through meticulous research and experimentation, Tim attempts to recreate Vermeer's masterpieces using optical devices and camera obscura.

Post Mortem is a horror movie that follows a paranormal investigation in a haunted village in Hungary. As the team explores the village, they encounter terrifying paranormal phenomena and uncover dark secrets about the past. With distorted voices, levitation, and chilling encounters, the team must unravel the mystery before it consumes them.

In the quiet suburb of Green Estates, a mysterious plant suddenly appears, captivating the residents and causing a series of unexpected events. As people become fascinated with the plant and its origins, a romance blossoms amidst the intrigue. Meanwhile, the plant's true nature and purpose remain unknown, leading to a thrilling exploration of love, curiosity, and the unknown.

Living in Shadows is a drama movie set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. The story follows a filmmaker who navigates the challenges of war filmmaking and personal loss. As he grapples with the chaos of war, he explores the power of cinema and the impact it has on society.

From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique obsession with the camera's image and the social consequences that lay ahead.

16-year old girl has lost her grandfather. She takes her grandfather's old film camera and gets interested in photographing. During the process of getting better in her new hobby, she also learns how to see things with the new eyes.

Light is information, a signal more lasting than recollection. If there’s anyone out there to receive the message. Isolated in a sealed apartment, a lone observer regards an outside world outside become increasingly unreal or unreachable. Archaic illuminations, old slides and the pin-lights of the camera obscura, crawl across the walls. Connections fray. Time loses meaning. A science fictional essay film, or its inverse. A rumination on optics, memory, data, and endings.

An exhilarating and amusing encyclopedic look at the "prehistory" of cinema. Werner Nekes charts the fascination with moving pictures which led to the birth of film, covering shadow plays, peep shows, flip books, flicks, magic lanterns, lithopanes, panoramic, scrolls, colorful forms of early animation, and numerous other historical artiffices. Working with these formats, early "producers" created melodramas, comedies, -- as well as lots of pornography -- anticipating most of the forms known today. Nekes probes these colorful toys and inventions in a rich and rewarding optical experience. Film Before Film is a bewildering assault of exotic (and sometimes erotic) images and illusions.