Stephen Quay Movies

Afraid of losing his wife, Horatio creates a replica he calls Hortensia. But things don't go as planned... Shot on 35mm and propelled by an...

Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the...

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...

"Maska" is the latest animated film of Quay brothers, directors and puppet animators, with the music composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. The film is an...

Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.

Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...

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.

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

Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.

A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.

The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...

Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.

An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London

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...

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...

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...

To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and...

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...

Two men seek to negotiate an agreement of international significance.

Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.