Award-Winning Animated Feature ‘Flow’ Makes Digital Debut

Gints Zilbalodis’ independent animated feature effort Flow, which this week stunned awards watchers by snagging the Golden Globe amid competition from Pixar, DreamWorks and Aardman, has sailed onto Digital platforms. The dialog-free, painterly CG adventure is now available to rent or buy from outlets including Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

Released in the U.S. by Sideshow and Janus Films, Flow premiered in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar last summer before screening at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it won four awards to kick off a run of dozens of accolades. In addition to the Golden Globe, Flow has picked up the European Film Award and National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Feature, in addition to honors from several film critics associations and festivals, including OIAF, Animation Is Film, Guadalajara, Melbourne and Athens.

The film is currently nominated for four Annie Awards and two Critics Choice Awards, as well as qualifying for the Academy Awards in both the Animated Feature and International Feature categories (representing Latvia).

Synopsis: A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet.

In addition to directing, Zilbalodis (Away) wrote the screenplay with Matiss Kaza, created the original score with Rihards Zalupe and served as producer alongside Kaza, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman. Flow is produced by Zilbalodis’ Dream Well Studio (Latvia), Sacrebleu Productions (France) and Take Five (Belgium).