Flow' Director Gints Zilbalodis Hopes Latvia's Animated Feature Oscar Win Inspires "Independent Animation Filmmakers Around The World"

Item 1 of 3 Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for "Flow", as they stand near Andrew Garfield and Goldie Haw

Flow’ Becomes First Latvian Film to Win Academy Award for Animated Feature LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Flow,″ a wordless cat parable, won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Academy Award.

Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis made history at the 97th Academy Awards, with his wordless animated feature 'Flow' winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. This marks Latvia’s first-ever Oscar win.

Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis' "Flow" won the Oscar for best animated feature at the 97th Academy Awards.As per Variety, in the film, a biblical flood has submerged everything in its path, including Cat's home.

At the 97th Academy Awards, it was a big day for animated films made in a non-English-speaking country. In the category for Best Animated Feature, Flow, the film directed by Gints Zilbalodis, won the first Oscar for Latvia ever.