Air!
1972 · 2 min · ★ 7.3 · Animation
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, birds, fish and, finally, man come to the same "breathless" end
Directed by Paul Driessen · Written by Paul Driessen
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Elephantrio · 1985Elephantrio
★ 9.01985
MovieAnimation
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 of the others, recurring threads of story and theme weave the whole into a unified moral fable. Film without words.
Tip Top · 1984Tip Top
★ 9.01984
MovieAnimation
A topsy-turvy world.
On Land, at Sea and in the Air · 1980On Land, at Sea and in the Air
★ 8.01980
MovieAnimation
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.
Yellow Submarine · 1968Yellow Submarine
★ 7.21968
MovieMusicAnimation
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
Spotting a Cow · 1983Spotting a Cow
★ 7.01983
MovieAnimation
Directed by Paul Driessen.
Oh What a Knight · 1982Oh What a Knight
★ 6.21982
MovieAdventureAnimation
A knight braves various dangers in order to rescue a damsel in distress.
3 Misses · 19983 Misses
★ 6.11998
MovieAnimationComedy
Three stories of people in distress that interlock.
Sunny Side Up · 1985Sunny Side Up
★ 6.01985
MovieAnimationComedy
A castaway on a desert island loses himself in his imagination.
Home on the Rails · 1981Home on the Rails
★ 6.01981
MovieComedyAnimation
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 assume a more ominous significance.
An Old Box · 1975An Old Box
★ 6.01975
MovieAnimation
During Christmastime, a bum discovers a magical box.
The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg · 2000The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg
★ 5.92000
MovieAnimation
A short animation about a boy who sees an iceberg coming. Will he be in time to warn the captain?
Candyjam · 1988Candyjam
★ 5.81988
MovieAnimation
Candyjam is a whimsical, animated collaboration by 10 animators from four countries: David Anderson (England), Karen Aqua (USA), Craig Bartlett (USA), Elizabeth Buttler (USA), Paul Driessen (Holland), Tom Gasek (USA), Joan Gratz (USA), Christine Panushka (USA), Joanna Priestley (USA) and Marv Newland (Canada).
The End of the World in Four Seasons · 1995The End of the World in Four Seasons
★ 5.71995
MovieAnimation
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 the scenes start interacting.
Jonas and the Sea · 2015Jonas and the Sea
★ 5.22015
MovieAnimationFamily
A boy casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream, a quest we all share: the quest to find a place he can call home, even if it's underwater. He loves to swim with fishes and builds an ingenious machine to be able to dive.
Cat's Cradle · 1974Cat's Cradle
★ 5.11974
MovieAnimation
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 another. Without words but featuring a witch's brew of sounds.
Oedipus · 2011Oedipus
★ 5.02011
MovieAnimation
“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 premise to tell us the story of Duffy, a seven year-old boy who decides to settle accounts with his parents one dinner time. A black comedy retelling of the myth that became a complex without becoming complicated.

