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'Flow' wins best animated feature film Oscar

By Reuters
March 3, 202512:49 AM UTCUpdated ago

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97th Academy Awards - Oscars Show - Hollywood
97th Academy Awards - Oscars Show - Hollywood
97th Academy Awards - Oscars Show - Hollywood
Item 1 of 3 Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens and Gregory
Zalcman win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for "Flow", as
they stand near Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn, during the Oscars
show at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California, U.S., March 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
[1/3]Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman win
the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for "Flow", as they stand
near Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn, during the Oscars show at the
97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.,
March 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos... Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new
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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.
"Flow" follows a cat that finds refuge on a boat along with other
animals that join together after a flood destroys their homes.
The movie stood out in 2024, having been rendered on a free and
open-source software platform called Blender and having no dialogue.
"Flow" rode a tidal wave into the Oscar race after big studio films
like "Inside Out 2," "Moana 2" and "The Wild Robot," which all had
higher box office numbers, lost the Golden Globe to the small
independent film.
The "Flow" team also transformed its smaller budget into a nominee
for the best international film Oscar, achieving rare recognition for
an animated film in two major categories and making history with the
first Oscar nominations for the Northern European country ever.
(Reporting by Danielle Broadway; Editing by Howard Goller)
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