Everyone seems to love Flow, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis’ post-apocalyptic cat movie. The well-received feature picked up the Best Animated Feature prize at Saturday’s European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne, Switzerland.
On Sunday, the winning streak continued as the film was selected as the Best Animated Movie of the year by the L.A. Film Critics Association. (Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta’s Chicken for Linda was picked as the runner-up in this category.) In addition, the Boston Society of Film Critics also selected Flow as their best pick for Best Animated Movie of the year.
The beautifully crafted animated pic premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in May, the film has won numerous awards at festivals all year round. It recently also took home the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the National Board of Review Awards. It’s also Latvia’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Award, making it a very strong contender for the Best Animated Feature Oscar as well. Flow is also nominated in the Best International Feature category at Film Independent’s Spirit Awards.
The film also performed well at the U.S. theaters this weekend as Sideshow/Janus Films expanded it to 375 screens. Per Deadline.com, the film grossing an estimated $528,000 for total of $633,000 during its third specialty release. To date, the film has grossed over $3,554,271 worldwide. Critics loved the movie as well: It has almost purrrect score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Watch Flow director Gints Zilbalodis and his team accept the European Film Award on Saturday night in Lucerne below:
Check out the trailer below:
