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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ recommends the Oscar-winning animation Flow

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By Rowan Hooper

7 May 2025

Flow (2024)

Dream Well Studio/Janus Films

Winner of this year’s Academy Award for best animated feature, Flow is the story of life on a post-apocalyptic world, where all humans have vanished and only animals remain. It is a fable about the importance of cooperation, of working together despite your differences. And it is an animal adventure, starring a delightful cat.

opens as the cat wakes in an abandoned building and notices that the river nearby is flooding. The waters rise, but the cat jumps into a passing boat. Inside is a capybara. And so the adventure begins.

Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis made the film on…

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