Flow, directed by Gints Zilbalodis, presents an animated tale of a house cat, capybara, and lemur navigating a flooded world aboard a sailboat. Despite lacking dialogue and human characters, the film conveys profound messages about survival, collaboration, and the creative process. Zilbalodis’ production journey reflects a larger narrative of independent animation, which has transitioned from obscurity to recognition, culminating in winning the Oscar for best animated feature. Flow not only touched audiences but also created a new space for independent voices in animation, showcasing the potential for unique storytelling in the medium.
Flow contains no human life and not one line of actual dialogue, yet it is eloquent and humane and almost unbearably tense.
The finished film is almost a parable of its own making; a comment on all those behind-the-scenes negotiations.
Zilbalodis's labour-of-love drama scooped the Oscar for best animated feature, the first independent production to do so.
Independent animation used to be seen as an atomised backwater, but now it's emerged from the shadows to gain recognition.
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