Flow
“Disaster tore their world apart. Friendship will bring them together.”
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
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Gints Zilbalodis Director · Matīss Kaža Screenplay Rihards Zaļupe Composer
Worldwide gross $18M · Budget $3.7M · United States release November 22, 2024
Box office
Budget
$3,700,000
Worldwide gross
$17,660,107
Gross vs. budget
4.8×
Production
Dream Well Studio
Production
Sacrebleu Productions
Production
Take Five
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
RTBF
Production
Latvia · Belgium · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Straume
Original language
Latvian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · May 22, 2024
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Latvia · August 29, 2024
Theatrical
United States · November 22, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States · January 7, 2025
Digital
United States
October 12, 2024 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival / Hawai'i International Film Festival / Heartland International Film Festival
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · Animation Is Film Festival / FilmColumbia Film Festival / Montclair Film Festival / Orcas Island Film Festival / Philadelphia International Film Festival / Woodstock Film Festival
October 26, 2024 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
October 28, 2024 · Premiere · SCAD Savannah Film Festival
November 3, 2024 · Premiere · Denver Film Festival / Virginia Film Festival
November 10, 2024 · Premiere · New York Baltic Film Festival
November 11, 2024 · Premiere · Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
December 6, 2024 · Theatrical
January 4, 2025 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
February 14, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
February 15, 2025 · TV · HBO
March 1, 2025 · Premiere · Boston Baltic Film Festival
September 23, 2025 · Physical · Criterion
Argentina
November 23, 2024 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
February 27, 2025 · Theatrical
Australia
August 18, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
October 27, 2024 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
March 20, 2025 · Theatrical
May 28, 2025 · Physical
Austria
December 20, 2024 · Limited theatrical
February 7, 2025 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 15, 2025 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 20, 2025 · Theatrical
Canada
September 5, 2024 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 14, 2024 · Premiere · Atlantic International Film Festival
September 18, 2024 · Premiere · Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
September 26, 2024 · Premiere · Ottawa International Animation Festival
September 29, 2024 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
October 27, 2024 · Premiere · Forest City Film Festival
Chile
February 20, 2025 · Theatrical
China
June 15, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
September 22, 2024 · Premiere · Silk Road International Film Festival
February 26, 2025 · Premiere · Beijing
February 28, 2025 · Limited theatrical
August 15, 2026 · Theatrical · re-release
Colombia
February 20, 2025 · Theatrical
Croatia
November 6, 2024 · Premiere · Zagreb Film Festival
February 20, 2025 · Theatrical
May 31, 2025 · Premiere · Animafest Zagreb
Czechia
January 2, 2025 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 16, 2024 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
January 24, 2025 · Theatrical
Finland
September 21, 2024 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
March 28, 2025 · Theatrical
France
June 10, 2024 · Premiere · Annecy International Animation Film Festival
July 31, 2024 · Premiere · Cinéma Utopia
October 30, 2024 · Theatrical
March 4, 2025 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Germany
November 6, 2024 · Premiere · Nordic Film Days Lübeck
November 13, 2024 · Premiere · International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg
March 6, 2025 · Theatrical
July 17, 2025 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
November 3, 2026 · Premiere · FilmFestival Cottbus
Greece
October 6, 2024 · Premiere · Athens International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
September 6, 2024 · Premiere · MOViE MOViE anifest
April 4, 2025 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 6, 2025 · Theatrical
Iceland
November 4, 2024 · Theatrical
India
February 28, 2025 · Theatrical
Indonesia
September 21, 2024 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema
November 8, 2024 · Theatrical
November 23, 2024 · Premiere · Festival Sinema Prancis
February 5, 2025 · Limited theatrical · re-release
Iraq
November 17, 2026 · Premiere · European Film Festival In Iraq
Ireland
March 21, 2025 · Theatrical
Israel
July 20, 2024 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
January 30, 2025 · Theatrical
Italy
October 23, 2024 · Premiere · Rome Film Festival
November 3, 2024 · Premiere · Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
November 7, 2024 · Theatrical
Japan
November 2, 2024 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
March 14, 2025 · Theatrical
Latvia
August 28, 2024 · Premiere · Riga
March 1, 2025 · Digital · LMT Viedtelevīzija
Lithuania
March 6, 2025 · Premiere · Vilnius International Film Festival opening film
March 28, 2025 · Theatrical
October 2, 2025 · Digital · ŽMONĖS Cinema
Malaysia
May 15, 2025 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Mexico
June 13, 2024 · Premiere · Guadalajara International Film Festival
October 21, 2024 · Premiere · Morelia International Film Festival
January 1, 2025 · Theatrical
Morocco
November 30, 2024 · Premiere · Marrakech International Film Festival
Netherlands
October 11, 2024 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival
December 26, 2024 · Theatrical
May 24, 2025 · Premiere · Framed Animation Film Festival
New Zealand
August 9, 2024 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
January 9, 2025 · Theatrical
Norway
August 18, 2024 · Premiere · Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
March 14, 2025 · Theatrical
Peru
February 27, 2025 · Theatrical
Philippines
March 5, 2025 · Theatrical
Poland
October 4, 2024 · Premiere · Opolskie Lamy Film Festival
January 24, 2025 · Theatrical
October 11, 2025 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
Portugal
September 14, 2024 · Premiere · MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
February 20, 2025 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
January 1, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Fine Arts
Romania
March 7, 2025 · Theatrical
December 16, 2025 · Digital · Voyo
Singapore
December 5, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Slovakia
January 2, 2025 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 4, 2024 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
March 19, 2025 · Theatrical
Spain
January 24, 2025 · Theatrical
June 27, 2025 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Sweden
October 27, 2024 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival Prisma
November 15, 2024 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 5, 2024 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
December 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 18, 2024 · Premiere · Taichung International Animation Festival
October 20, 2024 · Premiere · Kuandu International Animation Festival
February 21, 2025 · Theatrical
Thailand
February 6, 2025 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 24, 2025 · Theatrical
March 7, 2025 · Limited theatrical
Ukraine
November 21, 2024 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 13, 2024 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 9, 2024 · Premiere · Belfast Film Festival
November 10, 2024 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival
November 30, 2024 · Premiere · London Baltic Film Festival
March 21, 2025 · Theatrical
June 20, 2025 · Digital · MUBI
June 30, 2025 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD
Vietnam
March 7, 2025 · Theatrical
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