Gints Zilbalodis’ Debut Feature ‘Away’ Returns To U.K. And Irish Cinemas In March
‘Away’ is the solo-animated debut feature of the director of the two-time Oscar-nominated ‘Flow.’
‘Away’ is the solo-animated debut feature of the director of the two-time Oscar-nominated ‘Flow.’
‘Flow’ director Gints Zilbalodis and plug-in developer Mārtiņš Upītis talk about the development of the water plug-in used to create the Golden Globe-winning film.
The film is on an awards season streak, and also won two major awards in the U.S. this week.
“After finishing the script, I did not read it again,” Zilbalodis told Cartoon Brew. “Even when I was making the animatic, that was based on my memory of the script.”
The dialogue-free $3.7 million European co-production bested big-studio American movies with budgets that are orders of magnitude greater,
The feature film won more awards at Annecy this year than any other film in competition, including the audience award.
The film just premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at Cannes and will screen in competition at Annecy next month.
In what may be an awards season first, an animated feature has received an endorsement from a head of state.
Baumane’s work touches on sex, gender, relationships, and mental health with a fierce sense of humor and refreshing bluntness.
In ‘Comeback,’ from Latvian animator Vladimir Leschiov, a long-lost childhood passion is reignited.
“We have so much ability to love, but our ability to hate comes from the same place,” Baumane learned while researching the film.
We watched all the feature pitches at Annecy’s MIFA market. Here are the three we liked best.
Ilze Burkovksa-Jacobsen explains how she drew on her experience of an oppressive regime to make her Oscar-qualified feature.
The feature-length memoir was the only feature in competition at Annecy this year that was directed by a woman. We spoke with director Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen.
It isn’t all about Disney and Pixar in this awards race. These smaller-scale films from abroad also warrant attention from the Academy.
Our report on new shows from day one of Cartoon Forum.
Gints Zilbalodis’ unconventional animated feature is screening in competition at both Zagreb Animafest and Annecy.
Watch the third episode of our new limited series about animation production around the world.