Stephen Quay Movies

  • 1991
    The Comb

    The Comb

    The Comb

    6.71991HD

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

    The Comb
  • 2022
    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    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...

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
  • 1991
    The Calligrapher

    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,...

    The Calligrapher
  • 2021
    VadeMecum

    VadeMecum

    VadeMecum

    72021HD

    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...

    VadeMecum
  • 2021
    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

    02021HD

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

    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
  • 1992
    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    6.0711992HD

    Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
  • 2010
    Wonderwood: Comme des garçons

    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.

    Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
  • 1981
    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    61981HD

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

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
  • 2009
    Inventorium of Traces

    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...

    Inventorium of Traces
  • 1989
    Ex Voto

    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...

    Ex Voto
  • 2011
    Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers

    Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers

    Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers

    02011HD

    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...

    Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers