Flow

  • Gints Zilbalodis
  • Latvia; France; Belgium
  • 2024
  • 84'
  • Straume

Premiering in “Un Certain Regard” section at the Cannes Film Festival, Flow immediately received recognition of IndieWire critics as one of the “most groundbreaking animated films about nature since Bambi”. This film about a cat that wakes up in a flooded world and must overcome its fear of water while searching for land with a group of other animals is a real animated spectacle, but also a layered meditation on the fragility of our environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Filmed without dialogue and without human characters, Flow is a real feast for the senses that is easy to surrender to. The film won a number of awards at Annecy, including the Audience Award, and was also selected as Latvia’s Oscar contender.

Gints Zilbalodis

Gints Zilbalodis is a Latvian filmmaker and animator. His debut feature Away won the Contrechamp Award for Best Feature Film at Annecy. It has been screened at more than 90 festivals and its screening rights have been sold to more than 18 territories. Before Away, Zilbalodis made seven short films in different formats. Flow is his second animated feature, having premiered in Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.

Flow

Director
Gints Zilbalodis
Screenplay
Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
DOP
Léo Silly Pélissier
Editing
Gints Zilbalodis
Producer
Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman
Production
Dream Well Studio, Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard; Annecy Int'l Film Festival – Jury Award, Audience Award, Gan Foundation Award; Toronto Int'l Film Festival; Melbourne Int'l Film Festival

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