On March 2, a cat made Oscars history. Best Animated Feature did not go to Pixar’s Inside Out 2, the highest-grossing animated film of all time (which still resulted in layoffs). Nor did it go to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

French production and sales company Charades started getting involved in animation several years ago, working with films like Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai” (2018) and Jérémy Clapin’s “I Lost My Body” (2019) ...

Having animals walking and talking like people in animation is a fairly common occurrence, but Flow director Gints Zilbalodis wanted to focus on immersing the viewer in a fully animal perspective.

After a tense Oscar race in the Best Animated Feature category, Flow pulled ahead for the win at Sunday night’s ceremony. With their win, Flow beat out Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & ...

The feature jury said in a statement: “Without a word of dialogue, Gints Zilbalodis weaves sound, music and immersive animation to show how powerful the medium can be when coupled with the right story ...

And a pussycat shall lead them! Flow, the animated film that’s Latvia’s submission for the Best International Feature Oscar, kicks off with a beautiful moment of tranquility: A small, black feline, ...

An excellent line-up of films, both shorts and features, were presented at the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), which wrapped up yesterday in Canada’s capital city. The award ...

Open channel flow dynamics in natural and engineered waterways is profoundly influenced by the presence of aquatic vegetation. Vegetation not only alters the flow’s velocity and turbulence profile but ...