Wink and smile: art lovers are having fun with this app that brings old photos to life

A screen shot of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh on the 'Deep Nostalgia' app.

A rather unusual application is generating buzz on social networks. Called Deep Nostalgia, it allows you to create a small video from a simple photo of your ancestors and see them moving for the first time.

While some Internet users have played the game by bringing their ancestors to life, others have hijacked the application to make some famous people of the past move.