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How Independent Animation Underdogs Like ‘Flow' And ‘Memoir Of A Snail' Are Disrupting The Awards Race: There's "Never Been A Better Time"

In the animated film space, two things naturally come to mind: stories for children and big-budget, formulaic projects. The former idea is something directors have been fighting for years, a recent ...
Yahoo

‘Flow’s’ Shock Golden Globe Win Is a Long Overdue Triumph for Indie Animation

In a major upset, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” won the Golden Globe for best animated feature on Sunday evening. A co-production between Latvia, Belgium, and France with a modest $3.7 ...
Variety

‘Flow,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail’ Take Top Prizes at Animation Is Film Festival

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 ...
Variety

How a Lone Feline Upended the Feature Animation Oscar Race With ‘Flow’

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 ...
Business 2 Community

Using Flow Theory and Gamification in the Employee Engagement Funnel

In the last article – Using The Employee Engagement Funnel and Gamification For Business Transformation – we explained the idea of the employee engagement funnel as a representation of employee ...