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 ...

Not every film has been as lucky as Flow and arrived in theaters with no dialogue. In the past, several high-profile animated movies have had their silent cinema ambitions thwarted by marketing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official trailer for “Flow” distributed by Janus Films. Cinema can often ...

Following the triumph of 'Flow' at the Golden Globes and ahead of the Oscars on Sunday – where Gints Zilbalodis’s film is up for both Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature – Latvia is ...

The writer/director tells IndieWire about applying a purely visual style to his epic animated film about a black cat escaping a flood. “I’ve never had dialogue in any of the films I’ve made, so I ...

There is a certain mood in post-apocalyptic storytelling that video games tend to pull off far better than films. Think the monuments and mausoleums of the CD-ROM classic Myst, or the overgrown ruins ...

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 ...