Director of ‘Flow’ to present Oscar-winning film in Mexico City’s Zócalo

“Flow,” a dialogue-free animated movie astir a achromatic feline who learns to spot different animals successful a rapidly changing environment, has been specified a smash deed successful Mexico that Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis volition sojourn Mexico City adjacent week for a peculiar outdoor screening of his movie successful the Zócalo.

The event, organized by Cine Caníbal and the city’s Ministry of Culture, marks a motion of gratitude to Mexican audiences, who person embraced the 84-minute movie — which won champion animated diagnostic astatine some the Academy Awards and Golden Globes this twelvemonth — with uncommon enthusiasm.

New Flow trailer! Out present connected @StreamOnMax It’s perfectly insane to spot these quotes from filmmakers who’s enactment has shaped me, saying bully things astir Flow! 🥹 https://t.co/K3wOEVd1Pb

— Gints Zilbalodis (@gintszilbalodis) February 14, 2025

The escaped screening astatine 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 is being held successful grant of Día de las Niñas y los Niños, oregon Children’s Day, successful Mexico, which recognizes the importance, rights and well-being of children successful Mexican society. 

The Zócalo screening volition beryllium capable to accommodate up to 200,000 people, officials said.

“Flow,” an autarkic Latvian-Belgian-French movie that besides won the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award for champion planetary film, has grossed much than US $6.3 cardinal successful Mexico, making it the film’s astir palmy territory globally.

According to a study successful Variety this week, “Flow” has grossed astir $4.8 cardinal successful the United States and Canada, and implicit $36 cardinal worldwide.

“Flow” opened successful Mexico connected New Year’s Day 2025, with a wide merchandise crossed 800 theaters nationwide, marking its largest motorboat successful immoderate state — an extended rollout that anticipated the beardown enactment Mexicans would person for the film.

This was based connected word-of-mouth (the movie had opened 2 months earlier successful the U.S. and Canada) and buzz (it had already received awards connected the festival circuit positive a Golden Globe nomination); a cosmopolitan communicative that draws connected timeless myths specified arsenic Noah’s Ark; a deficiency of dialog that makes it accessible to all; and Mexican audiences’ having a beardown contented of embracing animal-centric stories with visually affluent animation.

The forecast proved to beryllium right: Cinemas showing “Flow” remained engaged good aft opening weekend, and astir 5 months later, the movie is inactive playing astatine Mexican theaters, including La Cineteca Nacional successful CDMX.

“Earning $6 cardinal is incredible, especially coming from a smaller studio,” Zilbalodis, 31, said. “This movie genuinely exemplifies a word-of-mouth occurrence story.”

With reports from Infobae, El Universal and Proceso