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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is a 2024 live-action/animated hybrid independent fantasy drama film written and directed by Stephen and Timothy Quay. Based on the 1937 novel by Bruno Schulz, the film follows Jozef as he experiences fragmented and dreamlike scenarios at a remote Galician sanatorium. It is the third feature-length film by the Brothers Quay and their first feature-length film in nearly two decades. Starring Tadeusz Janiszewski, Wioletta Kopańska, Andrzej Kłak, Allison Bell, and Zenaida Yanowsky, the film premiered in the "Giornate degli Autori" section at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2024, and was theatrically released in the Film Forum theatre in New York City on 29 August 2025, by KimStim.