Flow (orig.: Straume) tells the story of a cat trying to survive in a dystopian world after a great flood. Gints Zilbakis' independent animated film deals with themes such as survival and community, but does so entirely without dialogue.

Flow has won several awards, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. The production of the film is particularly noteworthy: without a storyboard, the film was created primarily with the free open source 3D graphics program Blender, marking a conscious break with industry standards. The director explained: “I think that if you're working on a smaller indie-scale project, you shouldn't try to copy what big studios do. Instead, you should develop a workflow that best suits you and your smaller team.” The success of Flow shows that limited resources do not necessarily have to restrict film production when creative and technical free dom are combined productively.