Director Gints Zilbalodis’ animated masterpiece, FLOW, the world seems to be 
coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges 
of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the 
lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world. A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, FLOW follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. In 
order to survive and find dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. 
From the boundless imagination of the award-winning Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling, FLOW is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart. Director Gints Zilbalodis joins us for lively conversation on his remarkably nuanced and soul enriching animated film.
ANNECY ANIMATION FESTIVALWinner – Audience Award
Winner – Jury Award
Winner – Special Prize Best Original Music
Winner – Gan Foundation Award
2024 Cannes Film Festival – Official Selection, Un Certain Regard
2024 Toronto International Film Festival – Official Selection
About the filmmaker – Gints Zilbalodis (1994) is a Latvian filmmaker and animator. His debut feature film Away which he made entirely by himself won the Best Feature Film Contrechamp Award in Annecy. It has been selected in more than 90 festivals and sold in 18 territories. His fascination for filmmaking began at an early age watching classic films and making shorts. Prior to Away he made 7 short films in various mediums including hand-drawn animation, 3D animation and live-action and often mixing their characteristic aesthetics. Flow is his second animated feature film, having its World premiere at the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes.
About the filmmaker – Matīss Kaža (1995) is a Latvian writer, director and producer. He got his BFA in Film & TV from Tisch School of the Arts in New York, and an MA in Audiovisual & Performing Arts from the Latvian Academy of Culture. He has directed, written and produced a number of internationally recognized Baltic films, and runs the production company Trickster Pictures while also being a lead producer at the animation studio Dream Well Studio. While many of his works have a social resonance, the primary criteria for his projects is a strong sense of authorship and cinematic vision that resonates beyond national borders. His latest directed film “Neon Spring” (2022) premiered in Edinburgh Film Festival and was screened in festivals around the world. Most recently, he produced “Sisters” (2022, Warsaw Film Festival 1+2 Competition Winner) by Linda Olte, co- produced “Drowning Dry” (2024, two awards in Locarno Main Competition) by Laurynas Bareiša and co-wrote and produced “Flow” (2024, Cannes Un Certain Regard, two awards in Annecy Film Festival) by Gints Zilbalodis. When he’s not working in film, Matīss writes and directs for the theatre and works as a lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Culture.
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“One of the most moving animated films in recent memory, and, beyond that, groundbreaking too…It’s rare you feel like you’re watching something entirely new.” – Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire
“Simply Stunning. It’s a little like watching the most thrilling nature documentary ever sketched.” – David Fear, Rolling Store
“A joy to experience but also a deeply affecting story, the work of a unique talent who deserves to be ranked among the world’s great animation artists.” – David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
“We desperately need more animated features like Flow, movies that lodge themselves in our minds by imagining things we have never seen before and presenting emotions we’re not already expecting to feel. It’s a true masterclass in dialogue-free animation.” – Ryan Guar Discussing Film
“Flow is a work of immense cinematic art… a profound, emphatic, and empathetic experience.” – Nadine Whitney, AWFJ.org