Paul Driessen

While the townspeople in the village square raucously celebrate Christmas, a derelict old man wandering in an alley rescues a discarded box from the garbage collectors. The box turns out to be magical, taking him on a spiritual journey far more fantastic than any the villagers are likely to experience. An animated film that stresses the power of imagination and the human capacity for spiritual experience. Film without words. (onf.ca)

Cartoon. Like a Chinese puzzle or a labyrinth, twisting and turning its way through the seasons, the film is designed as a 'multi-layered challenge to human perception'. (BFI)

An animated fable without words, starring some Gothic characters--witches, cloaked riders, and the like--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 another; he supports the action with a witch's brew of sounds. (nfb.ca)

"The Killing of an Egg" and 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. (imdb comments)

Three interlocking tales of damsels in distress. An urban scene: a man sees a woman fall off the roof of the neighboring apartment building... (imdb)

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

This animated short by Paul Driessen tells the story of a boy with an overactive imagination. The young protagonist, bored with his lot, imagines a diabolic and dangerous life of adventure. But when he finally finds himself facing a real-life drama, the mundane life that he always wanted to escape is what he wishes to recapture. (National Film Board of Canada) (nfb.ca)

David (1977) - animation short by Paul Driessen.

In this animated short parodying the Greek myth, director Paul Driessen offers a backwards tragicomic version of the classic tale. Oedipus is Driessen at his absurdist best. (nfb.ca)

Flowers, fish, birds, and finally a being who seems to be in sheer terror of clouds all struggle to take in enough air to breathe. (366weirdmovies.com)

Bruno and Frieda are in love. They run towards each other but fail to meet. (imdb)