Nocturna Artificialia
1979 · 21 min
Cast
No credited cast is listed for this film.
Credits
Cinematography: 
Stephen Quay Timothy Quay
Music: Stefan Cichonski
Produced by: Keith Griffiths
Plot
Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.
Sinekatalog’s take
A short stop-motion work following one man's day through dusty, cluttered textures and unsettling machinery. There is no plot to decode, just atmosphere. A hypnotic delight for admirers of dark puppet animation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (512 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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