2024 animated film by Gints Zilbalodis
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Flow_%282024_film%29_poster.jpg/220px-Flow_%282024_film%29_poster.jpg) Latvian theatrical release poster |
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Latvian | Straume |
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Directed by | Gints Zilbalodis[1] |
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Written by |
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Matīss Kaža
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Produced by |
- Matīss Kaža
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Ron Dyens
- Gregory Zalcman
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Cinematography | Gints Zilbalodis |
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Edited by | Gints Zilbalodis |
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Music by |
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Rihards Zaļupe
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Production companies | |
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Distributed by |
- Baltic Content Media (Latvia)
- UFO Distribution (France)
- Le Parc Distribution (Belgium)
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Release dates |
- 22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) (Cannes)[2]
- 29 August 2024 (2024-08-29) (Latvia)
- 30 October 2024 (2024-10-30) (France)
- 15 January 2025 (2025-01-15) (Belgium)
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Running time | 85 minutes[1] |
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Budget | €3.5 million[3] |
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Box office | US$14.9 million[4] |
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Flow (Latvian: Straume) is a 2024 independent[5] animated fantasy adventure film directed by Gints Zilbalodis and written by Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža.[1] The film is notable for being completely rendered on the free and open-source software Blender and containing no dialogue.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
The film had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim. It won numerous film and animation awards, including the Best Animated Film awards at the 37th European Film Awards,[13] the New York Film Critics Circle Awards,[14] the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards,[15] the National Board of Review Awards,[16] and the 82nd Golden Globe Awards.[17] At the 97th Academy Awards, it received nominations for Best International Feature Film (the third animated film to do so) and Best Animated Feature, becoming the first Latvian film to be considered for multiple awards and nominations from major ceremonies.[18][19]
- ^ a b c d e f "Flow". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (3 May 2024). "Gints Zilbalodis's sophomore feature, Flow, set to world-premiere in Cannes' Un Certain Regard". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Zahed, Ramin. "Flow Director Gints Zilbalodis Sets Adventure Adrift in an Animal Waterworld". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Flow (2024)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ Bill Hader Names Animated Indie Hit With 97% Rotten Tomatoes Score as 2024's Best Movie - CBR
- ^ "The Animation of Flow". Blender Foundation. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Flow (2024): The Future of 3D Animation Cinema on Blender". Hollymotion. 30 September 2024. Archived from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Foley, Joe (15 September 2024). "One of year's best animated films was entirely made in Blender". Creative Bloq. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Hou, Rita (13 September 2024). "Check out a Movie Created & Rendered Entirely in Blender". 80 Level. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Animated Features Flow, The Most Precious of Cargoes Added to Cannes Selection". Animation Magazine. 22 April 2024. Archived from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Aguilar, Carlos (22 November 2024). "Creating New Cinematic Languages, Without Words". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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- ^ "Celebrating the best of European Cinema". European Film Academy. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Ford, Rebecca (3 December 2024). "The Brutalist Tops NYFCC Awards". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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- ^ "Winners & Nominees". Golden Globe Foundation. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott. "Oscars 2025: Latvia Picks Animated Flow for International Feature Race". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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