‘KPop Demon Hunters’ & ‘Zootopia 2’ Lead Animated Oscar Contenders, But Will There Be A ‘Flow’-Like Surprise Again?

Flow winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar came as a bit of a surprise last year for a few reasons. Not only did it beat ...
Variety

Baltic Animation Still in Full ‘Flow’: ‘Smallness Can Be a Superpower’

Oscar-winning “Flow” by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis brought Baltic animation to new heights. Now, local creators are figuring out how to benefit from the aftermath of its success. “Sometimes, big fate ...
Polygon

Flow’s animated animals are both its most and least realistic element

In Flow, one of 2024’s best animated movies, a little black cat navigates a post-apocalyptic world full of rising floodwaters. The feline protagonist flees threats and chases fish, scurries up trees ...
Polygon

Love the gorgeously animated cat movie Flow? Watch the director’s surreal debut for free

Director Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow is a cute animal romp about an adorable black kitty — that also happens to be a tense adventure set in a strange, post-apocalyptic world, and one of Polygon’s top 10 ...
Yahoo

‘Flow’ Is the Perfect Movie for Animation Fans, Animal Lovers, and Environmental Doomsayers

And a pussycat shall lead them! Flow, the animated film that’s Latvia’s submission for the Best International Feature Oscar, kicks off with a beautiful moment of tranquility: A small, black feline, ...
IndieWire

Director Gints Zilbalodis on the Wordless Worldbuilding of ‘Flow’

Zilbalodis tells IndieWire about working in Blender to create an emotive, evocative animation style. Focused on a cat, who reluctantly ends up in the same boat as a set of other animals amid a flooded ...