Gareth Evans, series co-curator for Kinoteka writes: ‘Surely the world’s greatest practising stop-motion artist animators, the Brothers Quay have been painstakingly crafting their own unique, interlinked universe of astonishingly imagined animated worlds for over 45 years. Creating across the short, medium and long form, as well as in production design for opera, ballet and theatre, theirs is a startling cosmology, one informed and inhabited by the mystery and melancholy dreaming of Central and Eastern European artists, writers and wayward wanderers, most notably from the Polish constellation'.

Programme 2

The Calligrapher, 1’

Kinoteka Ident II, 30’’

This Unnameable Little Broom, 11’

Unmistaken Hands, 26’’

The Comb, 18

In a London premiere – and a world first for an assembly at this scale – 23 of their immaculately hand-crafted puppet film sets by the Brothers Quay will be on display in Bloomsbury’s Swedenborg House.

Organised by the Polish Cultural Institute in London and supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival is an annual celebration of Poland’s rich cinematic output that showcases not only the best of contemporary filmmakers but also classics that make up Poland’s rich filmography. Kinoteka will return to celebrate its 23rd year from 6 March - 25 April 2025, featuring over 30 cinema screenings in leading venues around London. Alongside New Polish Cinema, Documentaries and Polish Cinemas Classics, this year's edition will also feature a retrospective of films by Wojciech Has as well as exciting Special Events and screenings of selected films from the Kinotkea programme in 8 UK cities as part of Kinoteka On Tour.