In Absentia
Cast
Marlene Kaminsky
Credits
Written by: 
Stephen Quay Timothy Quay
Cinematography: Stephen Quay Timothy Quay
Music: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Produced by: Keith Griffiths
Plot
A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her window.
Sinekatalog’s take
A woman alone in an asylum room writes a letter as lights sweep her window and sound crowds in. Intense, dreamlike and relentlessly textured, this animated short is a masterclass in dread, but it is unsettling and deliberately obscure.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (865 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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