Dir: Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein, Germany, 1989. Academy Award for Best Animated Short (1989).\rbr\rbrPlease Share it with your friends if you liked it :) Storyline The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is .\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbrBalance is a German animated film, released in 1989. It was directed and produced by twin brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein. The film depicts five .\rbr\rbrShort Film: Balance Directed by: Christoph Lauenstein & Wolfgang Lauenstein Distributed by: Material-Verlag Release date: 1989 Unofficial Sounddesign .