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Behind ‘Flow’s’ Surprise Oscar Win, The First For Latvia: ‘I Hope That You’ll Open Doors to Independent Animation Filmmakers’
'Flow's' surprise Oscar win is the first for Latvia: 'I Hope That You'll Open Doors to Independent Animation Filmmakers'
In a big win that underscored the growing prominence of indepedent animation, Gints Zibalodis’ “Flow,” the moving dialog-free tale of a solitary cat’s journey as it learns to survive after a great flood – that was made with open-source software Blender for just $3.4 million – won the Academy Award for best animated feature. “I’m really moved by the warm reception our film has had, and I hope that you’ll open doors to independent animation filmmakers around the world,” Zibalodis said, accepting the award. “Flow topped a field that included “The Wild Robot,” “Inside Out 2,” “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” and “Memoir of a Snail.” This is the third year in a row that this award didn’t go to a movie from Disney or Pixar -the first time this has occurred since the Academy Award for an animated feature was first handed out in 2001.
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