Having animals walking and talking like people in animation is a fairly common occurrence, but Flow director Gints Zilbalodis wanted to focus on immersing the viewer in a fully animal perspective.

The feature jury said in a statement: “Without a word of dialogue, Gints Zilbalodis weaves sound, music and immersive animation to show how powerful the medium can be when coupled with the right story ...

One of the surprises of the awards season is Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” — the dialog-free tale of a solitary cat’s emotional journey as it learns to survive after a great flood — which upended the ...