‘Flow’ Writer on Latvia, Follow-up ‘Limbo,’ ‘I Love You, Lex Fridman!’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Everyone loves the surprise Latvian best animated feature Oscar winner Flow . The dialogue-free movie about a solitary cat’s emotional journey has become a calling card for the country and its director and producer Gints Zilbalodis. But Matīss Kaža, his writing and production partner on Flow, is not resting on such laurels. The 29-year-old recently traveled to the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival for a quick visit to its Locarno Pro industry strand to present what his Dream Well Studio and his Trickster Pictures have coming up, including the new feature animation from Zilbalodis, called Limbo, as well I Love You, Lex Fridman!, which he is directing himself together with actress and co-director Iveta Pole. After that, THR caught up with Kaža to hear about some of the many projects he is currently juggling, the state of the Latvian film industry, and the soft power of Flow. Tell me a bit about your two companies and how busy they are right now. I work at two different studios, which are in the same building. We have Dream Well Studio, which is the animation studio, which is, of course, known for Flow. It really only does Gints Zilbalodis films
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