Flow Straume
by Gints Zilbalodis
Hors compétition 2024
Official synopsis
A cat wakes up in a world flooded with water, where all human life seems to have vanished. It finds refuge on a boat with four other animals, each with very different behaviors. Faced with the many dangers of this new world, the small group will have to work together to survive.
Biography and Filmography
Gints Zilbalodis is a Latvian filmmaker and animator. His first feature film, Away, which he entirely created and directed himself, won the Contrechamp Award for Best Feature at Annecy. Away was selected for over 90 festivals and sold in 18 territories. Gints Zilbalodis’s fascination with filmmaking began at a young age, watching classic films and starting to create short films. Before Away, he directed seven short films using various techniques, including hand-drawn animation and 3D animation based on live-action footage, often blending their aesthetic qualities. Flow is his second animated feature film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
2024 : Flow - Gints Zilbalodis - Director
2019 : Away - Gints Zilbalodis - Director
by Gints Zilbalodis
Gints Zilbalodis is a Latvian filmmaker and animator. His first feature film, Away, which he entirely created and directed himself, won the Contrechamp Award for Best Feature at Annecy. Away was selected for over 90 festivals and sold in 18 territories. Gints Zilbalodis’s fascination with filmmaking began at a young age, watching classic films and starting to create short films. Before Away, he directed seven short films using various techniques, including hand-drawn animation and 3D animation based on live-action footage, often blending their aesthetic qualities. Flow is his second animated feature film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
2024 : Flow - Gints Zilbalodis - Director
2019 : Away - Gints Zilbalodis - Director