Paul Driessen

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The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (2000)

A short animation about a boy who sees an iceberg coming. Will he be in time to warn the captain?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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A short animation about a boy who sees an iceberg coming. Will he be in time to warn the captain?  (more)

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Cat's Cradle (1974)

This short animated fable stars witches, cloaked riders and other Gothic characters, in a tale about the hungry natural world. Here the artist plays cat's cradle with ideas, especially the notion that one thing leads to another and that lives lead from one to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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This short animated fable stars witches, cloaked riders and other Gothic characters, in a tale about the hungry natural world. Here the artist plays cat's cradle with ideas, especially the notion that one thing leads to another and that lives lead from one to ...  (more)

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2D or not 2D (2003)

Things are not quite as they appear in this love story by Dutch director Paul Driessen, as the attraction between two people is thwarted by unexpected geometric complications.  (more)

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Things are not quite as they appear in this love story by Dutch director Paul Driessen, as the attraction between two people is thwarted by unexpected geometric complications.  (more)

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3 Misses (1998)

Three stories of people in distress that interlock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Three stories of people in distress that interlock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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On Land, at Sea and in the Air (1980)

Short animation telling three stories - of a man at home, a boat at sea and a bird. All three are seen simultaneously via a split screen and occasionally coincide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Short animation telling three stories - of a man at home, a boat at sea and a bird. All three are seen simultaneously via a split screen and occasionally coincide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Elephantrio (1985)

In this zany tale, three storybook characters experience the dangers and temptations of life while trying to maintain physical and moral integrity. Three well-known animators collaborated to create this potpourri, and though each section was animated independently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen  •  John Weldon  •  Graeme Ross
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In this zany tale, three storybook characters experience the dangers and temptations of life while trying to maintain physical and moral integrity. Three well-known animators collaborated to create this potpourri, and though each section was animated independently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen  •  John Weldon  •  Graeme Ross
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Air! (1972)

Although only a couple of minutes long, this animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water, but that it is becoming scarcer as man-made pollutants crowd it out. This is a film without words in which plants, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Although only a couple of minutes long, this animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water, but that it is becoming scarcer as man-made pollutants crowd it out. This is a film without words in which plants, ...  (more)

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An Old Box (1975)

During Christmastime, a bum discovers a magical box.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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During Christmastime, a bum discovers a magical box.  (more)

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The End of the World in Four Seasons (1995)

Complex, short animation film that divides the screen into eight small windows. To the music of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and with appropriate colours, seasonal stories are told in the small frames. Every now and then, the isolated events cross their borders and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Complex, short animation film that divides the screen into eight small windows. To the music of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and with appropriate colours, seasonal stories are told in the small frames. Every now and then, the isolated events cross their borders and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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The Killing of an Egg (1977)

This animated short film is about a guy who is about to eat a soft-boiled egg. As he's cracking the egg, he can hear a voice coming from within--telling him to STOP! Every time he hits the egg, someone from within the egg yells at him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
CAST:  Peter Bierman

This animated short film is about a guy who is about to eat a soft-boiled egg. As he's cracking the egg, he can hear a voice coming from within--telling him to STOP! Every time he hits the egg, someone from within the egg yells at him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
CAST:  Peter Bierman

Cat Meets Dog (2015)

An anthropomorphic cat and dog, their images divided over 4 panels, receive an invitation for a romantic rendez­vous. When they eventually arrive at their destination after multiple moments of near-­interaction the lovers don’t turn out to be whom we thought they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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An anthropomorphic cat and dog, their images divided over 4 panels, receive an invitation for a romantic rendez­vous. When they eventually arrive at their destination after multiple moments of near-­interaction the lovers don’t turn out to be whom we thought they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Oedipus (2011)

“Psychoanalysis is, in it’s entire spectre, an eminently POP discipline: anybody can relate to it without having studied and/or understood it. Cinema, an art for the age of self-reflection par excellence, is nothing less.” Fernando de Felipe departs from this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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“Psychoanalysis is, in it’s entire spectre, an eminently POP discipline: anybody can relate to it without having studied and/or understood it. Cinema, an art for the age of self-reflection par excellence, is nothing less.” Fernando de Felipe departs from this ...  (more)

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The Origin of Sound (2018)

Genesis, seventh day early in the morning. The Creator realizes that he forgot to add sound to the world! He starts to fix it using his strange collection of cartoons. But not to the liking of his creatures ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen  •  Toon Loenders
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Genesis, seventh day early in the morning. The Creator realizes that he forgot to add sound to the world! He starts to fix it using his strange collection of cartoons. But not to the liking of his creatures ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen  •  Toon Loenders
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Home on the Rails (1981)

A couple lives in a house situated on the railway tracks. They lead a peaceful domestic life, despite the periodic interruptions of the train passing through their living room; but when the husband - a gold prospector - falls down on his luck, the train comes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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A couple lives in a house situated on the railway tracks. They lead a peaceful domestic life, despite the periodic interruptions of the train passing through their living room; but when the husband - a gold prospector - falls down on his luck, the train comes to ...  (more)

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Oh What a Knight (1982)

A knight braves various dangers in order to rescue a damsel in distress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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A knight braves various dangers in order to rescue a damsel in distress.  (more)

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Spotting a Cow (1983)

Directed by Paul Driessen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
CAST:  Robert Paul  •  Peter Bierman

Directed by Paul Driessen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
CAST:  Robert Paul  •  Peter Bierman

Sunny Side Up (1985)

A castaway on a desert island loses himself in his imagination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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A castaway on a desert island loses himself in his imagination.  (more)

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Uncles & Aunts I (1988)

Uncles and aunts and otherwise related people. Revealing snapshots of their lives and times. As long as they hold out, a series to be continued… -http://www.sndfilms.com/uncles-aunts-ii-iii/  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Uncles and aunts and otherwise related people. Revealing snapshots of their lives and times. As long as they hold out, a series to be continued… -http://www.sndfilms.com/uncles-aunts-ii-iii/  (more)

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The Water People (1992)

An erotic and painful allegory of dark desire featuring blazing performances by its lead actors. Stew, a guitarist and intellectual, is traveling to the country with his girlfriend Carrie and their dog, Max, to Stew's recently-deceased grandmother's home to deal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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An erotic and painful allegory of dark desire featuring blazing performances by its lead actors. Stew, a guitarist and intellectual, is traveling to the country with his girlfriend Carrie and their dog, Max, to Stew's recently-deceased grandmother's home to deal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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Oh What a Nico (2004)

A knight defies hideous dangers to save a princess. Rearranged and slightly modified version of Oh What a Knight from 1982.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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A knight defies hideous dangers to save a princess. Rearranged and slightly modified version of Oh What a Knight from 1982.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Driessen
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