Stephen Quay Movies

2001
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
62001HD
Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.
2009
Inventorium of Traces
Inventorium of Traces
52009HD
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...
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...
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,...
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.
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...
1984
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
6.81984HD
In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff...
1979
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia
5.81979HD
Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.
1985
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom
6.11985HD
Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.
2013
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
6.12013HD
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...
1991
The Comb
The Comb
6.71991HD
A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.
2022
Ghosts and Whispers
Ghosts and Whispers
02022HD
An unbroken sequence of fragments, last thoughts, elegies and absences by Schubert, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Stravinsky, Jacquet de la...
1981
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
51981HD
An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.
2007
Alice in Not So Wonderland
Alice in Not So Wonderland
5.72007HD
The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.
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...
1993
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
6.7861993HD
Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.
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.
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.
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