Larry Sider

IFFR 2013

School of Sound, 

Signals: Sound Stages

School of Sound

Peter Wollen

Laura Mulvey

IFFR 1983

Crystal Gazing, 

Crystal Gazing

Elias Grootaers

Indian refugees are arrested by the Belgian harbour police. Together with them, we lose all sense of time and place.

IFFR 2010

Not Waving, But Drowning, 

Spectrum - Shorts

Not Waving, But Drowning

Quay Brothers

Puppet animation. Far-reaching variations on an engraving by Fragonard (Le Verrou). Study of lonely creatures imprisoned in a calligraphic setting.

IFFR 1998

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies, 

LopLop

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

IFFR 1978

Riddles of the Sphinx, 

Riddles of the Sphinx

Patrick Keiller

Patrick Keillia

Beautifully photographed and erudite, ironic British essay about landscape, poverty and the politics of power.

IFFR 1997

Robinson in Space, 

tiger competition

Robinson in Space

After London (1993) and Robinson in Space (Tiger Award winner in 1997), the mysterious Robinson returns in an essayist quest around Oxford for ‘places of historic and scientific interest’. A melancholy ode and bitter indictment at the same time, with a voice-over by Vanessa Redgrave.

IFFR 2011

Robinson in Ruins, 

RotT

Robinson in Ruins

In this playful documentary, one of their many early commissioned works, the Brothers Quay provide us with an important key to their oeuvre: a materialist game with the rules of perspective and the confusion that can result from monocular viewing.

De Artificiali Perspectiva or Anamorphosis, 

De Artificiali Perspectiva or Anamorphosis

Incomparably designed combination of animation and live action tells the bizarre story of the opera singer Malvina, who is killed and brought back to life by Dr Droz on a desert island where machines driven by the tide define events.

IFFR 2006

Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, The

Kings & Aces

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Surreal events take place in a training centre for manservants. The Quay Brothers bring objects to life with great patience, much love and a manic eye for detail. A milestone in the synthesis of a diversity of film genres: animation, literary feature films and experimental films.

Institute Benjamenta or This Dream People Call Human Life, 

critics' choice

Institute Benjamenta or This Dream People Call Human Life

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025