Stephen Quay Movies

2022
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
02022HD
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...
1988
Rain Dance
Rain Dance
01988HD
A farming family and their livestock dance during a much-needed downpour in this Quay Brothers short made for Sesame Street.
1988
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
6.51988HD
Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.
1988
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
6.31988HD
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.
1984
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
61984HD
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...
2010
Inside The Institute
Inside The Institute
02010HD
Docimentary about the work of the Qway Brothers for their film Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
2003
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
6.12003HD
A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.
2001
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
62001HD
Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.
1993
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis
6.51993HD
The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...
2017
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
82017HD
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...
1989
Ex Voto
Ex Voto
41989HD
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...
1993
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
5.9381993HD
Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred. The end of a...
1979
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia
5.81979HD
Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.
2003
Songs for Dead Children
Songs for Dead Children
52003HD
Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.
1991
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher
6.41991HD
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,...
2009
The Art of Time
The Art of Time
02009HD
Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter...
1983
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
51983HD
Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the...
1981
A Fratricide
A Fratricide
01981HD
A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.
2010
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
72010HD
A bird acts as an alchemist in an enchanted forest, selecting different kinds of wood to combine them in a parquet floor.
2006
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
02006HD
An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London