Trash Talking

Between Science and Garbage

A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this singular mul

2004

Nocturna Artificialia

Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.

1979

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

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

1984

This Unnameable Little Broom

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

1985

Street of Crocodiles

A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

1986

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

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

1987

The Comb

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

1991

Anamorphosis

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

1993

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

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

1992

Picture Particles

Individual elements from a carrier of visual information have been isolated and used to construct alternative visual reagents. Repetition is administe

2014

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

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 r

1993

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

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

1993

In Absentia

A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her w

2000

The Calligrapher

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, thinks

1991

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.

2003

The Summit

Two men seek to negotiate an agreement of international significance.

1995

1 Seconde

“When he shot Une seconde (4 min., 20 sec.), a video animation without computer graphics, Richard Angers tried to adapt Norman McLaren’s animation tec

1991

Strokkur

In the beginning the idea was to make something from nothing, in a neutral and unknown place. Collect images and sounds instead of producing them. Th

2011

Aggression

Aggression, Schroeter’s first 16mm film, is the fictive portrait of a woman who is oppressed by her (unseen) boyfriend.

1968

Sylvia Kristel – Paris

Sylvia Kristel – Paris is a portrait of Sylvia Kristel , best known for her role in the 1970’s erotic cult classic Emmanuelle, as well as a film about

2003