Flow by Gints Zilbalodis
image courtesy Dream Well StudioLOS ANGELES: Gints Zilbalodis' Flow made history for Latvia by winning the award in the Best Animated Feature Film category at the Academy Awards 2025, announced on 2 March 2025.
The film was also nominated in the in the Best International Feature Film category.
Flow / Straume is a coproduction between Latvia, France and Belgium, produced by Dream Well Studio, coproduced by Sacrebleu Productions and Take Five, and supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, the French CNC, Eurimages, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, the Belgian Tax Shelter, and the French regional funds.
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