Le garçon qui a vu l'iceberg

My eldest daughter and I saw this at an animation fest in Taipei, Taiwan. A composer and a producer who'd worked with van Driessen were in attendance at the screening.

Subject line sez all: Easily the most horrifyingly tragic and ghoulish short animation you'll ever see, in your whole life. My daughter and I were near tears: We would've outright cried if van Driessen had allowed some aesthetic distancing... but no: He insisted on pushing the awfulness of the scenario to such a pitch that you could only sit in frozen horror.

Kudos!

I asked the producer what van Driessen was like as a person. I was already pretty well-aware of his dark imagination. She said... He's such a nice guy! He remembers your birthday, and everything!

This animation was stunningly presented with a split-screen effect. I won't give any details so as not to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it. Kind of film noir - there were many times when my laughter just caught in my throat...The ending was very powerful. Definitely worth seeing.