The debut feature from writer/director Hamlet Sarkissian, CAMERA OBSCURA is a stylish neo-noir psychological thriller set in the brooding downtown of contemporary Los Angeles. Out of work photographer, Jimmy (Adam Terese) takes a job with the LAPD photographing crime scenes in order to support the ballet career of his beautiful and talented wife Maria (Ariadna Gil). Of course, witnessing the gore and brutality of the crime scenes takes its toll on Jimmy and he begins to unravel. Incapable of comprehending the violent reality that surrounds him on a daily basis, Jimmy becomes haunted by the many corpses he encounters and begins to beautify and recreate the crime scenes. In one particularly memorable scene, Jimmy reconstructs a mob killing into the tableaux of THE LAST SUPPER. As Jimmy descends into darkness, Maria attempts to lessen his financial burden by taking a job as an exotic dancer. Meanwhile, Jimmy is talked into joining a potentially big money drug scam with two corrupt homicide detectives. As their situation becomes more and more desperate, Jimmy and Maria become trapped in their equally dangerous yet derailed schemes. Moody and complex, CAMERA OBSCURA beautifully realizes the aesthetic quality of Jimmy's tortured artistic vision which is accentuated by cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos's breathtaking shots of gritty yet golden Los Angeles.