Movies and TvShows featuring "still-photography" theme.

That Most Important Thing: Love tells the story of a photographer who falls in love with a struggling actress. They become entangled in a relationship full of obsession, deceit, and violence. As their love affair unfolds, they find themselves facing the consequences of their choices.

Kon-Tiki is a documentary film about an experimental archaeological journey across the Pacific. The film follows a crew of adventurers who set sail on a raft to prove that Polynesians could have settled in the Pacific islands from South America. They face challenges such as windstorms, tides, and the dangers of the open ocean.

During a bus journey in India, a photographer and a man bond while facing religious conflict and violence. The photographer, Mrs. Iyer, is a vegetarian and passionate about wildlife photography. The man, Mr. Iyer, is an introverted and religious Brahmin. Together, they navigate through a dangerous journey where they encounter a Jewish man who repeats someone else's dialogue and a Muslim police officer. Along the way, they witness and confront the repercussions of religious fanaticism and rebellion.

The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017) is a documentary that delves into the history and consequences of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, a federal law that prohibited Chinese labor immigration to the United States. Through archival footage, voiceover narration, and expert interviews, the film examines the causes and effects of the Act, shedding light on the discrimination and hardships faced by Chinese Americans during this time. It explores topics such as the mining industry, smoking opium, Chinese law, government collapse, the Mexican-American War, and the conquest of California. The documentary also touches on the occupation of Chinese territory by foreign powers, fundraising efforts, still photography, and the significance of the Statue of Liberty. The film provides a comprehensive overview of the Act, its historical context, and its relevance to American history and immigration policy.

The legendary photographer William Klein has designed this fascinating book on fashion photography, with a selection of images from throughout his career, including material from his films. Though Klein claims roots in areas as diverse as painting, street photography, the tabloids, and B movies, his fashion work has been known since the fifties and sixties and has been a constant in his career.

Monogamy tells the story of a photographer who becomes obsessed with a stranger he begins photographing, leading to strained relationships and jealousy. As he delves deeper into his obsession, his own relationship becomes more and more precarious. The film explores themes of obsession, failed relationships, and the nature of love.

Harishchandra's Factory is a film that tells the story of Dadasaheb Phalke, who made India's first feature film, Raja Harishchandra, in 1913. The film explores the challenges and obstacles faced by Phalke as he strives to bring his vision to life, including the financial struggles, societal opposition, and technical limitations of the time. Through his determination and optimism, Phalke manages to overcome these hurdles and create a groundbreaking work of art that paves the way for the Indian film industry.

A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.

We Spin Around the Night Consumed by the Fire is a documentary film that delves into the world of still photography and Situationist ideas in 1970s Paris and Italy. It offers a unique glimpse into the experimental and semi-autobiographical nature of the era, using a mix of essayistic storytelling and archive footage. With a focus on the cultural and artistic movements of the time, this film provides an immersive experience for viewers interested in the intersection of art and politics.

Four neighborhoods. Four churches. Four colors. Blue. Red. White. Green. A square. A ball. Two goals. Fifty minutes, there are no rules. During the third week of June, every year since 1580, four teams of twenty-seven men fight for victory in the arena of Santa Croce. Florence, June, 2013. Calcio storico fiorentino. The origin of football.

Photofilm about a journalist of a local newspaper who feels his life has come to a standstill, until he discovers a conspiracy of mediocrity...

An experimental lo-fi love story told through still photographs, an unseen character longingly admires a young woman from afar.

Documentary covering the end of an era as Polaroid stops producing its signature cameras and film as well as The Impossible Project to keep instant photography alive.

While cleaning the apartment of Lucía, her deceased grandmother, Anna finds a notebook where she discovers the story of a secretly kept love, lived during the turbulent years of the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War.

A lyrical and nostalgic analysis of how Casablanca, the mythical film directed by Michael Curtiz in 1942, has influenced both film history and pop culture.

In nearly a century, Sabine Weiss (1924-2021) has left behind a monumental and eclectic work: thousands of faces, collections of the greatest fashion designers in prestigious magazines, a Parisian working-class now disappeared, photoreports around the world… By focusing on the margins of society, she was an exceptional witness of the 20th century. For the first time, a film draws the portrait of this hard-worker artist and captures the last words of the greatest female figure of the Humanist photography (Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier-Bresson).

An experimental true crime documentary based on the unsolved murder of Raonaid Murray, a 17-year-old Irish girl, which achieved nationwide attention during the 2000s.

A young man, unsatisfied with his life and overwhelmed by adulthood, reminisces about childhood to a dangerous degree.

The film shows the life of prostitutes in Tehran's city brothels, an area known as Shahre Now. The film closely follows a number of women and communicates how the burden of social constraints led them to surrender in the face of their common fate. The film does explore the possibility of re-education and development for these women, but in no way does it paint over the hard and brutal reality. The film was produced on behalf of the Organization of Iranian Women and was immediately banned while shooting was still going on. After the revolution, a portion of the material was found, and Shirdel decided to finish the film using photos by the late Kaveh Golestan that were taken more than ten years after the film itself was shot.