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How Independent Animation Underdogs Like ‘Flow’ And ‘Memoir Of A Snail’ Are Disrupting The Awards Race: There’s “Never Been A Better Time”


How independent animation underdogs like ‘Flow’ and ‘Memoir of a Snail’ are disrupting the awards race.

Competing against three Disney films — Encanto, Luca and Raya and the Last Dragon — and Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Flee was the sole indie nominee in the Animated feature category in 2021. Produced by independent animation company Dream Well Studio, and distributed by Janus Films and Sideshow Pictures, Flow follows a solitary cat that loses its home following a great flood. Although both The Wild Robot and Inside Out 2 benefited from a larger budget and bigger studio backing, Flow managed to pull ahead of both films in the Oscar race.

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