Stephen Quay Movies
- 2021

11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
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To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and...
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- 2013

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
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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...
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- 1981

A Fratricide
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A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.
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- 1989

Ex Voto
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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...
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- 2011

Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
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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...
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- 1982

Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
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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...
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- 2009

Kinoteka Ident
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Opening sequence for the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival.
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- 2021

VadeMecum
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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...
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- 1984

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
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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...
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- 1981

The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
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Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...
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- 2022

The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
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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...
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