Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Synopsis
Official Selection Venice Days 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 76 min
- Director
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Quay Brothers (Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay)
- Producer
- Lucie Conrad
- Executive Producer
- Keith Griffiths
- Principal cast
- Tadeusz Janiszewski, Wioletta Kopaska, Andrzej Kak
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Germany, Poland co-production
Supported by BFI
Koninck Studios SPK Galicia (UK), IKH Pictures Poroduction (PL), Telewizja Polska [TVP] (PL), The Match Factory (DE, UK), Adam Mickiewicz Institute (PL)
Koninck Studio SPK Galicia
c/o The Match FactorySales Company
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