Independent Movie 'Flow' Wins Best Animated Feature in Upset

Flow, an animated feature that was produced independently, has earned the best animated feature film, beating out movies from ...
USA Today

'Flow' wins best animated feature at 2025 Oscars, makes history for Latvian film

LOS ANGELES — The independent film "Flow" won the best animated feature film at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, securing the first Academy Award for Latvia and its Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis. "Flow" ...
IndieWire

‘Flow’ Wins Best Animated Feature Oscar, the First Indie Film to Do So

Gints Zilbalodis' immersive animated feast about a cat on a journey with other animals through a flooded world is a wordless triumph. “I’m moved by the warm reception our win has had and I hope that ...
Reuters

‘Flow’ wins best animated feature film Oscar

LOS ANGELES, March 2 (Reuters) - The independent film “Flow” won the best animated feature film Oscar on Sunday, securing the first Academy Award for Latvia and its Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis. ...
Variety

Behind ‘Flow’s’ Surprise Oscar Win, The First For Latvia: ‘I Hope That You’ll Open Doors to Independent Animation Filmmakers’

In a big win that underscored the growing prominence of indepedent animation, Gints Zibalodis’ “Flow,” the moving dialog-free tale of a solitary cat’s journey as it learns to survive after a great ...
Deadline.com

How Independent Animation Underdogs Like ‘Flow’ And ‘Memoir Of A Snail’ Are Disrupting The Awards Race: There’s “Never Been A Better Time”

In the animated film space, two things naturally come to mind: stories for children and big-budget, formulaic projects. The former idea is something directors have been fighting for years, a recent ...