Blender - Oscar win for Flow
'Making Flow – Interview with director Gints Zilbalodis Flow, the animated feature film following the mystical journey of a dark grey cat and his companions, is the manifestation of Blender’s mission, where a small, independent team with a limited budget is able to create a story that moves audiences worldwide, and achieve recognition with over 60 awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Animation and two Oscar nominations. In this interview, Gints Zilbalodis, writer and director (and more!) of the film, shares how Blender was instrumental in the creation of the film.' -- sources: https://www.blender.org/user-stories/making-flow-an-interview-with-director-... https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/flow-wins-best-animated-feature-film-oscar... Cheers, Peter
On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 13:53:28 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'Flow, the animated feature film following the mystical journey of a dark grey cat and his companions, is the manifestation of Blender’s mission, where a small, independent team with a limited budget is able to create a story that moves audiences worldwide ...'
I have been looking at a number of reports of Flow’s Oscar win, and many of them mention the fact that it was made with open-source Blender software. The Reuters report that Peter mentioned was one, and Variety (pretty much the Hollywood trade rag) and USA Today were others. Apparently the director mentioned Blender in his acceptance speech. My only regret was that it had to beat out the latest “Wallace & Gromit” adventure to win ...
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro -
Peter Reutemann