Flow (2024) (Criterion Collection, Special Edition, 2 Blu-rays)

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A thrilling tale of friendship and survival that took indie animation to ecstatic new heights of ambition and imagination, this Academy Award–winning international sensation follows a courageous cat after its home is devastated by a great flood. As the cat teams up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, the crew must rely on trust, courage, and their wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. Working with a small team using open-source software, visionary DIY animator Gints Zilbalodis conjures a sublime sensory odyssey and a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of community.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
4K digital transfer, with 7.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, approved by director Gints Zilbalodis
4K digital master of Away (2019), Zilbalodis’s debut feature
New audio commentary featuring Zilbalodis
Full feature-length animatic
New interviews with Zilbalodis and cowriter-coproducer Matīss Kaža
Dream Cat (2025), a making-of documentary produced for Latvian Television
Aqua (2012) and Priorities (2014), short films by Zilbalodis with new commentaries by the director
Unused-shot reel, with new commentary by Zilbalodis
Trailers, TV spots, and proof-of-concept teasers
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
PLUS: An essay by critic Nicolas Rapold and collectible stickers

Cover image by Gints Zilbalodis. Flow logo by Paula Bobrova and Pēteris Tenisons.