Balance

Partners on stage and in life, acrobats Alec and Theo find each other in a perfect balance between lifting and flying, between leading and following, until this fragile balance is turned upside down by an accident. While Alec has to understand his physical situation, Theo climbs into the depths of his being, looking for the strength to deal with reality.

  • Timothée Crabbé
    Director
  • Timothée Crabbé
    Writer
  • Timothée Crabbé
    Producer
  • LUCA School of Arts
    Producer
  • Nicolas Marchant
    Music
  • Simon Leleux
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 19, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Cinanima 2019
    Espinho
    Portugal
    Official Selection
  • Animateka 2019
    Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    December 6, 2019
    European Young Talents Competition Programme
  • Leuven International Short Film Festival
    Leuven
    Belgium
    December 1, 2019
    winner of VAF Wildcard
  • Animation Dingle 2020
    Dingle
    Ireland
    March 20, 2020
    Nominated for best Stop Motion Animation
  • Anima 2020
    Brussels
    Belgium
    February 25, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Animac
    Lleida
    Spain
    Spanish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Monstra
    Lisboa
    Portugal
    March 28, 2020
    Official Selection
  • GLAS Animation
    Berkeley
    United States
    March 19, 2020
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebu 2020
    Cañete
    Chile
    February 13, 2020
    Official Selection
  • FECIME 2020
    Mérida
    Mexico
    Official Selection
  • Les Courts de Corneille
    Rouen
    France
    February 4, 2020
    Prix du Jury
  • Athens Animfest
    Athens
    Greece
    March 19, 2020
    Official Selection
  • FluXus Animation Film Festival
    Zaandam
    Netherlands
    Official Selection
  • La Guarimba
    Amantea
    Italy
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection - La grotta dei piccoli
  • Florida Animation Festival
    Florida
    United States
    Best Stop Motion Award
  • Dotdotdot open air kurzfilmfestival

    Austria
    Official Selection
  • New York Animation Film Awards
    New York
    United States
    Semi-Finalist
  • Flipbook Film Festival
    Skopje
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    Macedonian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • HIROSHIMA
    Hiroshima
    Japan
    Stars of students program
  • Animakom
    Bilbao
    Spain
    Official Selection
  • Imaginaria
    Conversano
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Festival Stop Motion Montréal
    Montréal
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • ATAFF Szolnoki Filmfesztivál
    Szolnoki
    Hungary
    Hungarian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Pink Screens
    Brussels
    Belgium
  • LIAF
    London
    United Kingdom
    UK Premiere
    Official Selection
  • International Disability Film Festival Breaking Down Barriers
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    Russian Premiere
  • BREEDBEELD
    Antwerpen
    Belgium
    Special Program
  • Bit Bang International Animation and Digital Art Festival
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    Argentinian Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Timothée Crabbé

Timothée Crabbé was born on June 24th 1995 in Brussels, Belgium.

He graduated from the Steinerschool « De Zonnewijzer » in Leuven in June 2014 and started the Academic Bachelor animation film at LUCA School of Arts (Campus Sint-Lukas Brussel). During the second year of his Bachelor, after the making of his first animated interview ‘El Hablar con la Naturaleza’ Timothée discovered Stopmotion animation through the work of Emma De Swaef (The Magnificent Cake! dir. Emma De Swaef & and Marc James Roels (2018)).

For Timothée this was a whole new world opening its doors and so he decided to graduate in this technique with the films ‘PANTIN’ (2018) and ‘Balance’ (2019).

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