Newsflash: 8 Oscars for EAVE Producers in 2025!

press release

After a fantastic festival start for EAVE Producers in 2025, including prestigious awards like 4 Silver Bears, 8 Golden Globes, 5 Sundance awards, we are thrilled to add 7 Academy Awards to the list of success stories!

We are thrilled and immensely proud that FLOW by Gints Zibalodis, produced and co-written by EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Matiss Kaza won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature! The film's marketing strategy was developed at the EAVE Marketing Workshop in 2022.

"EAVE Marketing Workshop gave us plenty of food for thought about the potential directions the Flow campaign could go in, as well as valuable advice in designating the right target audiences for the film, which was difficult to sell as a concept alone." - Matiss Kaza, Trickster Pictures, Latvia.

FLOW has achieved unprecedented success, becoming the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award. This dialogue-free animated feature, created with open-source software Blender, tells the story of a cat and other animals seeking refuge after a catastrophic flood, scooped several important awards, including the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film, Best Animated Independent Feature award at the Annie Awards, and many more. At the Latvian National Film Awards, FLOW secured five awards, highlighting its domestic acclaim, and a statue of the cat protagonist has been installed in Riga in recognition of the film's impact!

The film's innovative storytelling and international recognition have not only set a new benchmark for Latvian cinema, but have also showcased the global appeal of independent animated films.

In addition, THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won Best Adapted Screenplay and I'M NOT A ROBOT by Victoria Warmerdam, producer: Interchange graduate Trent won Best Live Action Short Film.

Page published 3 March 2025. Updated 4 March 2025.