"Animated Film 'Flow' Wins Best Animated Feature Oscar"
The independent film "Flow" has won the best animated feature film Oscar, securing the first Academy Award for Latvia and its Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis. The movie tells the story of a cat that finds refuge on a boat after a flood destroys its home and was rendered using free and open-source software platform Blender without any dialogue. "Flow" has made history by achieving rare recognition for an animated film in two major categories, including best international film.
- The success of "Flow" underscores the growing potential of independent animation studios to compete with big studio films, forcing a reevaluation of traditional measures of success in the industry.
- How will this Oscar win impact the recognition and accolades that smaller, independent animation studios can expect from the global audience in the future?