In 1840 it took 5'30" to make a photograph.

The 16th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Mr Seymour, the hero of the book by London doctor Mr Paris, shows his...

A jewel thief hides his loot in a WELL while escaping. He returns several years later only to find there is a Resort on the site and the well is the...

The 8th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Fictionalised documentary about Emile Reynau who invented the praxinoscope...

Short film about the zoetrope, an optical toy

The 11th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Documentary on the work of Etienne-Jules Marey. Marey is a doctor and is...

The 15th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. A magic lantern slide show.

The 2nd short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. In the 18th and 19th centuries, optical views were shown in optical boxes...

The 6th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Featuring demonstrations of magic lanterns by children.

The 9th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. A ‘panorama’ was a large painting on a cylindrical canvas. It...

Because he has seduced Germaine de Boismenil, Georges Dormont is thrown out of the army by the colonel and husband of the beautiful. After the death...

The story of the bet of Leland Stanford , baron of the rail, on the gallop of the horse. He uses the photographer Eadweard Muybridge , who is...

A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he...

The 13th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. The Pathé-Baby, or ‘cinema at home’, the precursor to...

A glimpse of the pre-history of cinema starting with the projections of Etienne Gaspard Robert (also known as M. Robertson), who used magic lanterns...

Quatre ans se sont écoulés, Peter, désormais adulte, vit seul, s'est volontairement effacé de la vie et des souvenirs de...

Un homme acquiert un androïde à intelligence artificielle pour faire face à la perte de sa femme. En essayant de créer un...

Lorsqu’un ennemi inattendu et impitoyable surgit, Kara Zor-El est forcée, malgré elle, de faire équipe avec un compagnon...

Vingt ans après son départ pour la guerre de Troie, le roi Ulysse rentre enfin à Ithaque, mais son voyage est parsemé...

Et si vous pouviez réaliser votre rêve le plus fou ? Un jeune introverti met la main sur un objet magique capable d’exaucer...

En Thaïlande, cinq amis explorent les grottes de la Bouche du Diable pour une dernière aventure avant de se lancer dans la vie d'adultes....

Si vous découvriez que nous ne sommes pas seuls, si quelqu'un vous le montrait, vous le prouvait, cela vous effraierait-il ?

Une étrange porte apparaît dans le sous-sol d'un magasin de meubles.