Flow takes home the prize for Oscars #BestAnimatedFeature 🏆👏 Congratulations to Gints Zilbalodis and the whole team on a beautiful film and well-deserved, legendary win! The award gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Oscar. “I think you can express a lot more without words. Some of these emotions and ideas I couldn’t articulate with words but with music, sound, movement and editing, I can say a lot more,” Zilbalodis said backstage to AP. “Those are my favorite kinds of films and favorite scenes and are very cinematic and transcend cultural boundaries.” He adds: “Thank you to my mom and dad. Thank you to my cats and dogs. I’m really, moved by the warm reception our film has had. I hope this will open of doors to independent animation filmmakers around the world,” said Zilbalodis. “This is the first time a film from Latvia has ever been nominated. So it really means a lot to us. We are very inspired and we hope to be back soon.” Check out our coverage on Flow on AWN.com! #flow #flowmovie #bestanimatedfeature #oscars #oscarwinner #academyawards #awn #animation #animationworld #animationworldnextwork