Balance

The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall. This reasonably harmonious understanding is lost when one man pulls up a heavy trunk. In the ensuing struggle, balance is lost in more than one sense.

Academy Award Winner, Best Short Film (Animated), 1990.
Special Mention of the Jury, International Competition, Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 1990.
Film Award in Silver, Outstanding Short Film, German Film Awards, 1989.
OIAF Award, Best Film Under 10 Minutes, Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 1990