Monday, November 3, 2025

News on the Quay Brothers as of November 2025

 


Their first feature in twenty years, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, is the only story right now.
  • U.S. theatrical roll-out
    Opened August 29 at Film Forum NYC (Christopher Nolan presented, sold-out nights).
    Still playing daily in Los Angeles at Lumiere Cinema (Music Hall) and San Diego at Digital Gym CINEMA.
    Just finished one-week runs in Cambridge (Brattle), Oklahoma City (OKCMOA), and Columbus (Wexner Center).
    35 mm prints of Street of Crocodiles often tag along as a short.
  • Awards
    May 2025 – Anifilm Festival (Czech Republic): Best Feature Film for Adults.
  • Distribution
    April 2025 – KimStim picked up all North American rights.
    Soundtrack by Timothy Nelson dropped on Bandcamp last month; fans are streaming the eerie waltzes on repeat.
  • Exhibition
    March–April 2025 – “Dormitorium” at Swedenborg House, London: actual sets, dusty puppets, sheep-eye retinas under glass. Crowds queued around the block; the twins did a rare Q&A about oiling doll eyes with virgin olive oil.
  • Press buzz
    New York Times (Aug 28): “Dreams out of joint… wafting from another century.”
    The Believer (Oct 14): “Junk-drawer Mütter Museum aesthetic.”
    X is full of first-timers posting “I’ll never sleep again” selfies outside theaters.

Saturday, June 12, 2021

New film by Quay Brothers - Vade-mecum

 New film by the Quay Brothers was shown on facebook recently!

Full article here: https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/award-winning-quay-brothers-create-norwid-film-to-promote-poets-work-to-foreign-audiences-21198


Entitled “Vade-mecum” and named after Norwid’s largest poetry collection, the short film, around 11 minutes long,  premiered on Facebook last night (April 12, 2021).

Please remember to support The Quay Brothers

 While we love sharing links and photos of The Quay Brothers work please remember to support them and purchase their films and books etc. 

Quay Brothers on zeitgeistfilms.com

The Quay Brothers on Amazon

Their work has also been on Shudder and the Criterion Channel recently. 

Some theatres have shown their films for a fee also. 

They also are shown at film festivals and have exhibitions at museums.

Here is the more recent news on The Quay Brothers:

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/award-winning-quay-brothers-create-norwid-film-to-promote-poets-work-to-foreign-audiences-21198



Friday, September 18, 2020

Quay Brothers Sugar Packets

 I came across a photo on Twitter of a sugar packet with an image from the Street of Crocodiles film on it. I tried googling more info on it and nothing. Rumor has it that they were once handed out by the Quay Brothers. Does anyone have anymore info? 

Please let me know at www.twitter.com/cabinetofquay



Monday, July 13, 2020

Brothers Quay Preview - Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass


This clip is from the Youtube page of:

Polish Cultural Institute in London

The Quay Brothers have been working on their third feature film for several years, inspired by Bruno Schulz’s novel ‘Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass’. 

Recently they've shared with us exclusive preview clips of the upcoming film, which were previously displayed only as a part of 'Dream Pools & Collecting Holes’ exhibition at TENT. IFFR earlier this year. 

Embark on a surreal journey to the Sanatorium, the world in between sleep and wakefulness, a limbo of uncertainty, where time cannot be truly measured and objects roam with a force of their own. 

We proudly support the production of #BrothersQuay 'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' and look forward to watching this masterpiece when it's complete.

Friday, July 10, 2020

Tuesday, July 7, 2020