by Unveiled today are a new poster visual and Japanese trailer for “Flow,” which was nominated for two categories at the 97th Academy Awards: Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature Film.
Trailer for “Flow, “The second feature film by Latvian creator Gints Zilbarodis (Away), premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and won four awards at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in the same year, including the Jury Prize and Audience Award.
At the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, it won the Best Animated Film award, beating out big titles such as “Inside Out 2,” “Ross of the Wild,” and “Moana 2,” achieving a first in Latvian film history. While animation production in large studios involves hundreds of people and is said to have a budget of 10 billion yen, this film was produced using the open software Blender, with a staff of 40 to 50 people and a production budget of up to 4 million dollars (about 600 million yen).
The story is set in a world engulfed by floods and follows a cat who sometimes fights against fate and sometimes drifts away, along with the various animals accompanying him on the journey. Director Gints said, “This film is also a very personal story. In my previous works, I worked alone, but in this film, I learned to work together as a team, trust my friends, and overcome differences, just like the main character, the cat.” It is worth noting that the main character and the animals who travel with him grow and show off their charms as they go on the journey.
The trailer, although short, expresses the coexistence of the overwhelming beauty of the images, the sense of scale, and the realism of the movements of cats and dogs, which are the major attractions of the film, and gives a glimpse of the film, which director Guillermo del Toro praised as “the grand opening of the future of animation.” “Flow” will be released at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and other theaters from March 14th. There was an error in the main text when the article was first published. We apologize for the error and will correct it.
A new poster and Japanese trailer for “Flow,” nominated for two categories at the Academy Awards, Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature Film, have been unveiled. The film, the second feature film by director Gints Zilbalodis (Away), premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and won four awards at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in the same year, including the Jury Prize and Audience Award.
At the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, it won the Best Animated Feature Film award, beating out big titles such as “Inside Out 2,” ” Ross of the Wild,” and “Moana 2,” achieving a first in Latvian film history. While animation production in large studios involves hundreds of people and has a budget of 10 billion yen, this film was produced using the open software Blender, with a staff of 40 to 50 people and a production budget of up to 4 million dollars (about 600 million yen).
The story is set in a world engulfed by floods and follows a cat who sometimes fights against fate and sometimes drifts away, along with the various animals accompanying him on the journey. Director Gints said, “This film is also a very personal story. In my previous works, I worked alone, but in this film, I learned to work together as a team, trust my friends, and overcome differences, just like the main character, the cat.” It is worth noting that the main character and the animals who travel with him grow and show off their charms as they go on the journey.
The trailer, although short, expresses the coexistence of the overwhelming beauty of the images, the sense of scale, and the realism of the movements of cats and dogs, which are the major attractions of the film, and gives a glimpse of the film, which director Guillermo del Toro praised as “the grand opening of the future of animation.” “Flow” will be released at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and other theaters from March 14th. There was an error in the main text when the article was first published. We apologize for the error and will correct it.
