Flow (Criterion Collection) (4K + Blu-ray Digipak) [USA]

[C.C. 95]

Release Date: September 23, 2025
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $39.96 (4K+Blu-ray) , $31.96 (Blu-ray only)
OrbitDVD- $33.99 (4K+ Blu ray)

Director: Gints Zilbalodis
Writers: Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens

• Latvia
• 2024
• 85 minutes
• Color
• 2.00:1

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 4K UHD + 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
• One 4K UHD disc of Flow and Away and two Blu-rays with Flow, Away, and the special features
• 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

ORIGINAL TRAILER:

 

[Twall97]

I was on the fence about getting this but since it will also include Away I’ll definitely be getting this at some point.

 

[Inb4LoKi]

clear this for release in Canada; please and thanks

 

[TheWildEye]

So this has both his films on 4k? That's a great deal.
Problems I see is that they're squeezed onto one single disc. That's surely going to compromise the bitrate a lot. Right?
How annoying.
I've already paid for the Curzon release and it ships this week. So I think I'll stick for now. Wait and see what size disc the UK 4k ships with.
It would have been nice to get both his films too.

 

[C.C. 95]

So this has both his films on 4k? That's a great deal.
Problems I see is that they're squeezed onto one single disc. That's surely going to compromise the bitrate a lot. Right?
How annoying.
I've already paid for the Curzon release and it ships this week. So I think I'll stick for now. Wait and see what size disc the UK 4k ships with.
It would have been nice to get both his films too.

2 films with a combined running time of 160 minutes on BD100? No issues there.

 

[TheWildEye]

2 films with a combined running time of 160 minutes on BD100? No issues there.

We don't know it's a 100

 

[C.C. 95]

We don't know it's a 100

I'd be gobsmacked if it wasn't. Their M.O. has been 1 BD-100 + 1(or 2) BD-50 for quite some time now.

 

[TheWildEye]

I'd be gobsmacked if it wasn't. Their M.O. has been 1 BD-100 + 1(or 2) BD-50 for quite some time now.

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That would be preferable then.

 

[larson1977]

Turtles Mayhem, The Wild Robot and now this beauty, I just love (animated) movies made such amount of creativity, passion and heart. Instand buy for me, loved it