About the film: year - Awards /: Oscar1 / 1989 / 7 min drama / short film / cartoons / Plot of the film "Balance": Puppet caricature from the directorial tandem of the Lauenstein brothers. Five people in gray coats with numbers on their backs are floating in the air on a flat platform. They are almost indistinguishable from each other. The board is balanced if people act in unison. As soon as a person takes a step to the side, the balance is disturbed and the unstable platform begins to tilt. The film shows the importance of people's interconnectedness and their interdependence. The film won an Oscar (1990), awards from the Clermont-Ferrand International Festival, the Ottawa Animated Film Festival and other awards..