But how do you make a such a powerful piece of animation in free software? The writer and director Gints Zilbalodis has shared some of his experience (also see our collection of blender tutorials).

“Walking around Riga city there are Flow posters everywhere and people are doing graffiti of cats,” filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis said of the response to his history-making sophomore feature in h ...

Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis made history on Sunday when his independent film “Flow” won the Golden Globe for best animated feature. The dialogue-free film with a modest $3.7 million was ...

Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, the animated film that had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, has earned Latvia its first Academy Award nominations. The film landed Best Animated Feature ...

Writer/director Gints Zilbalodis, making his second animated feature, can trace the origin of “Flow” back to high school. That’s when he made a short film about a cat who is afraid of water.

“Walking around Riga city there are Flow posters everywhere and people are doing graffiti of cats,” filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis said of the response to his history-making sophomore feature in his home ...

"I think it’s sometimes good to have some limitations," director Gints Zilbalodis told IndieWire on the red carpet of the Golden Globes on January 5. “I think it’s sometimes good to have ...

Flow, a dialogue-free European indie film from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis, upended the animation awards race last weekend by winning the Golden Globe for best animated feature. It’s a ...

In a major upset, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis‘ “Flow” won the Golden Globe for best animated feature on Sunday evening. A co-production between Latvia, Belgium, and France with a ...

A Latvian indie movie has stunned two Disney box office juggernauts to win the 2025 Golden Globes best animated film award. Directed by Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis – he co-wrote the flick ...