After a tense Oscar race within the Greatest Animated Function class, Movement pulled forward for the win at Sunday night time’s ceremony. With their win, Movement beat out Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robotic.
Movement follows a cat, whose solitary way of life modifications as soon as their house is devastated by an ideal flood. The cat should study to beat their concern of each water and others to outlive, discovering security with a gaggle of animals from totally different species.
Unsurprisingly, among the many first within the listing of thanks from director Gints Zilbalodis was to his cats and canines earlier than transferring on to what the Oscar means for him and fellow winners Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman. “I’m moved by the nice and cozy reception our win has had and I hope that it’ll open plenty of doorways to impartial animation filmmakers all over the world,” he says.
Not solely is that this the primary Oscar for Zilbalodis, however tonight Movement made historical past as the primary Latvian movie to win an Oscar. “That is the primary time a movie from Latvia has ever been nominated so it really means loads for us,” he says. “We’re very impressed and we hope to be again quickly. We’re all in the identical boat, we should overcome our variations and discover methods to work collectively.”
Movement additionally received Greatest Animated Movement on the Golden Globes, and took house a number of awards at each the Annie Awards and the Annecy Worldwide Animation Pageant. The movie can also be nominated tonight for Greatest Worldwide Function Movie.
