Sanatorium Under the Sign of The Hourglass (2024)

About Sanatorium Under the Sign of The Hourglass (2024)

Join us for a rare screening of the Brothers Quay’s Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, a mesmerising fusion of live action and handcrafted stop-motion puppet animation.

Based on Bruno Schulz’s surreal 1937 literary classic, the film follows Józef on a ghostly journey to visit his dying father in a remote sanatorium. But this is no ordinary place: time itself is distorted, and the boundary between dream and reality grows eerily thin.

The Quay Brothers’ third feature film, following The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006) and Dormitorium (2007), is a deliciously delirious dreamscape of haunting imagery, uncanny puppetry and surrealist wonder. A spellbinding work from the masters of the strange and fantastical.

All tickets £6. We have also allocated a number of free tickets for those not in a position to pay. If you would like to help support our free ticket initiative, you can pay it forward here. 

Leith Kino!

A weekly community cinema night based at Leith Depot.

Join us for weekly screenings, celebrating films that are international, experimental, arthouse, trash, cult, a little bit strange, and maybe otherwise hard to see on the big screen.

There will be free (vegan) popcorn. Drinks and refreshments are available to purchase at the Depot bar, alongside our monthly posters, each designed by a different Leith-based artist.

Leith Kino Access Information

• English subtitles will be onscreen for every screening, including descriptive subtitles where possible.
• The screening room is on ground level and is wheelchair accessible from the Leith Depot bar with flexible seating to accommodate specific requirements.
  There are accessible toilets in both the screening room and the bar.
• If you have any questions about access or if you need to reserve a specific seat, please email us at leithkino@gmail.com
• Leith Depot is well-served by public transport. It's a short walk from the Foot of the Walk tram stop, and there is a bus stop outside the venue for services: 7, 14, 16, 25, and 49