Oscar -nominated animation, “Flow” has amazing details that are worth discovering; Check out 5 of them before the award!
A few weeks ago the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences revealed the list of Oscar 2025 nominees, and among the names it was possible to find a Latto-Francê-Belga title that has been gaining ground in film awards and can take two statuettes at the ceremony marked for the March 2 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California: “Flow”!
The animation competes for the best international film against “I’m still here,” “The Girl With The Needle”, “Emilia Pérez” and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, and also the best animation, playing the award with “Fun 2” , “Memoir of a Snail”, “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” and “The Wild Robot.”
With that in mind, Recreio has gathered a list of 5 things to find out about “Flow” before checking the Oscar transmission; look:
1. The plot
The plot is set in a utopian world where humans no longer inhabit the earth and animals fight for survival, as the planet was flooded with water.
To tell this story, a black cat was chosen as the protagonist. Accustomed to living alone, the cat sees his reality to change by seeking refuge from a boat when he sees his home being dominated by the flood. The problem is that to keep on board, he will have to live with animals whose nature would never allow them to be in the same environment without causing confusion, but given the situation of the planet, they will have to learn to live to survive.
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2.
“Flow” has no dialogues, as it used real animal sounds in the scenes. The animation was made through an open source 3D animation program, Blender, and the total cost for production was just under $ 4 million, considered small compared to animated plots by large animated companies as Disney and DreamWorks, for example.
3. The Director
The title is directed by GINTES ZILBALODISLatto Filmmaker known as “Far”, 2019 movie, written and commanded by him, who also has no dialogues. The soundtrack, which has 23 music, were also composed and produced by Zilbalodis in partnership with RIHARDS ZAļUPE; listen!
4. Where to watch
Launched in May this year at the Cannes Film Festival, the feature film has been on display in Brazilian theaters since January 30.
5. Awards
With a 7.9 grade at IMDB and 97% approval at Rotten Tomatoes, the good assessment of online criticism aggregators is also reflected offline, as “Flow” has won several awards.
It turns out that the plot won the 2025 Golden Globe animation award, where he played the golden statuette against “wild robot”, “Fun Mind 2”, “Memories of a Caracol”, “Moana 2” and “Wallace & Gomit: Avenue “.
In addition, he also won four categories at the world’s most prestigious animation festival, Annecy and won the best animated film in the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, European Film Awards and Guadalajara International Film Festival, among many others.
Source: Recreio
