Balance

1989 · 8 min · Animation, Experimental · Directed by Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein

Five identical figures stand on a plate floating in white void. Every step one takes tilts the world for all of them. Then a crate arrives. Pure allegory — no dialogue, no context, no escape — and one of the coldest endings in animation.

Awards

• Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film — Academy Awards, 1990 (Winner)

Credits

• Music: Christoph Lauenstein

Genres

• Animation
• Experimental

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