LOS ANGELES — The independent film "Flow" won the best animated feature film at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, securing the first Academy Award for Latvia and its Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis.

A Latvian indie movie has stunned two Disney box office juggernauts to win the 2025 Golden Globes best animated film award. Flow, an animated movie with no dialog that stars a black cat ...

The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Academy Award. “Flow” was made with Blender, a free, open-source graphics software tool using computer generated animation.

A Latvian version of the travel document features a unique design which can only be seen using a special tool. Although at first the passport pages appear to be normal, when viewed under a UV ...

The series, from Tasse Film and known locally as Padomju Džinsi, follows young Latvian rock fan and theater costume designer Renars, played by Karlis Arnolds Avots in an award-winning role ...