Animation has always been at the heart of the Cinémathèque québécoise's conservation and programming activities. This program aims to rediscover some of our heritage, and to showcase recent productions.
A boy travels across an island on a motorcycle, trying to escape a dark spirit and get back home. Along the way he makes a series of connections with different animals and reflects on the possible ways he ended up on the island. Part dream, part reality, and in a way, the storyline is a reflection of the creative process of the making of the film itself. Gints worked on the film for three and a half years, writing the fascinating story, creating the beautifully animated landscapes and characters, and composing and recording the enchanting music of the film.
Gints Zilbalodis
Gints Zilbalodis is a Latvian filmmaker and animator. His debut feature film Away (2019) which he made entirely by himself won the Best Feature Film Contrechamp Award in Annecy. It has been selected in more than 90 festivals and sold in 18 territories. His fascination for filmmaking began at an early age watching classic films and making shorts. Prior to Away he made 7 short films in various mediums including hand-drawn animation, 3D animation and live-action and often mixing their characteristic aesthetics. Flow (2024) is his second animated feature film, having its World premiere at the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes.
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In Theaters on December 13
Flow, the brand new film from Gints Zilbalodis, tells the story of a cat who finds refuge on a boat populated by various species when the world seems to be coming to an end.
