Stephen Quay Trailers
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A Fratricide Trailer (1981)
26 October 1981
A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.
VadeMecum Trailer (2021)
12 April 2021
VadeMecum is a new short produced by the Palme d’Or-nominated animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. The film shows the life and works of Polish poet Cyprian Kamil Norwid, and offers a great introduction to his legacy ahead of the bicentennial of his birth in September 2021.
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers Trailer (2011)
24 September 2011
This short documentary documents the making of the film the Quay Brothers shot at, and on the subject of, the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the first film the internationally-known filmmakers have made in the U.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Trailer (2013)
01 November 2013
In a realm beyond the senses, plants interact with surreal cinematography to chart the course of our character: an entity said to embody the life and work of Felisberto Hernández, Uruguayan father of magical realism.
Anamorphosis Trailer (1993)
09 April 1993
The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis.
The Music of Zdeněk Liška Trailer (2017)
18 October 2017
One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the timelessness of his work is proven by the admiration of the world, including the generation who came to know his music only after his death.
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes Trailer (2005)
09 September 2005
Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem Trailer (2021)
24 November 2021
To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay.
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
Igor: The Paris Years, one segment of a larger biographical program created for Channel 4 on the life and times of Igor Stravinsky, finds the brothers working in a slightly different vein than the one that would come to characterize their later work.
Ghosts and Whispers Trailer (2022)
27 May 2022
An unbroken sequence of fragments, last thoughts, elegies and absences by Schubert, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Stravinsky, Jacquet de la Guerre and Schumann, inter-leaved with movements from John Woolrich's Pianobooks.
Ex Voto Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
An extremely obscure minute-long short by the Brothers Quay in 1989. Animation appears to be done in 'Cutout' style, is abstract and plotless - more a moving painting than anything else.
Songs for Dead Children Trailer (2003)
26 March 2003
Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded in bringing about a rich and sardonic humor lurking at the edge of the playwright's macabre, death-obsessed imagination in an allusive homage.
The Doll's Breath Trailer (2019)
11 September 2019
Afraid of losing his wife, Horatio creates a replica he calls Hortensia. But things don't go as planned.
Inventorium of Traces Trailer (2009)
03 February 2009
In the Renaissance castle of the Polish count - Jan Potocki - in Lancut, the modern traces of a past glory persevere and become visible again at the tones of Krzysztof Penderecki's music and Brothers Quay's imaginary animation.
This Unnameable Little Broom Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.
Nocturna Artificialia Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons Trailer (2010)
06 May 2010
A bird acts as an alchemist in an enchanted forest, selecting different kinds of wood to combine them in a parquet floor.
Maska Trailer (2010)
27 March 2010
The movie is set in a technologically developed but, at the same time, feudal world. Beautiful Duenna was created in order to carry out certain mission.
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz Trailer (2022)
19 November 2022
A short documentary on the life of Polish author Bruno Schulz by Stephen and Timothy Quay, who adapted his work for their 1986 animated film Street of Crocodiles, made in honor of the 80th anniversary of his death.
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Trailer (2025)
11 April 2025
Jozef embarks on a journey via a ghostly train to visit his dying father in a remote Galician sanatorium.
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse Trailer (2001)
26 October 2001
All of the album's songs were made into music videos by various filmmakers, such as the Quay Brothers, Garine Torossian, Grant Gee, and Guy Maddin.
The Sandman Trailer (2000)
04 November 2000
One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett.
Eurydice: She, So Beloved Trailer (2007)
12 October 2007
Commissioned by Opera North, the Brothers Quay created the installation and film 'She, So Beloved' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem ‘Orpheus.
The Bug Trainer Trailer (2009)
20 February 2009
The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation directors to help us understand why he is considered one of the greatest creators of the animation world.
Quay Trailer (2015)
19 August 2015
In 2015, Christopher Nolan curated a selection of short films by the surrealist animators the Quay Brothers to be distributed as a touring 35mm presentation.
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993 Trailer (2000)
01 August 2000
Ten stop-motion animation works by brilliant animators The Brothers Quay, including six previously unavailable shorts and two unique music videos by “His Name is Alive.
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life Trailer (1995)
01 August 1995
Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant.
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003 Trailer (2004)
20 November 2004
This two-disc set contains 13 of their classic short films in brand new restored and remastered editions, plus a collection of 'footnotes', including interviews, idents, alternative versions, unreleased pilot projects and more.
Inside The Institute Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
Docimentary about the work of the Qway Brothers for their film Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream Pe
The Art of Time Trailer (2009)
10 October 2009
Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter the uniform sense of time promoted by our technology-driven society.
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film Trailer (1984)
20 June 1984
The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled as a separate short.
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Trailer (1993)
31 December 1993
Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.
The Calligrapher Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks, then draws a straight line down the page in front of him, out of which sprout six more quill pens, each held by a hand.
The Falls Trailer (1982)
06 August 1982
Told in the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts, nineteen million people are left obsessed with birds and flight following a strange occurrence.
Street of Crocodiles Trailer (1986)
01 July 1986
A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin Trailer (2015)
08 September 2015
Guy Maddin, who has been nicknamed the Canadian David Lynch, is undoubtedly one of the last remaining Magi of cinema.
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection Trailer (2003)
26 June 2003
A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.
Alice in Not So Wonderland Trailer (2007)
07 July 2007
The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer Trailer (1984)
20 June 1984
In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil.
In Absentia Trailer (2000)
21 October 2000
A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her window.
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods Trailer (1993)
01 June 1993
Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred.
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married? Trailer (1992)
31 August 1992
Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) Trailer (2011)
24 September 2011
A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutter Museum housed there.
Janáček: Intimate Excursions Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the Czechoslovak composer.
The Summit Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
Two men seek to negotiate an agreement of international significance.
Rain Dance Trailer (1988)
28 November 1988
A farming family and their livestock dance during a much-needed downpour in this Quay Brothers short made for Sesame Street.
Tales of the Brothers Quay Trailer (1987)
04 July 1987
A compilation of shorts by the Quay Brothers presented as a feature film.
