Flow,” a wordless cat parable that became the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award, prompted a sleepless night for ...

Hometown Pride in Riga After 'Flow' Wins Latvia's First Oscar ... for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, which aired starting at 2 a.m. Monday, in an upset over ...

at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Goldie Hawn, second right, and Andrew Garfield look on from right. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP ... “Flow” won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, which aired starting at 2 a.m. Monday, in an upset over DreamWorks ...

“This is the first time a film from Latvia has ever been nominated,” Zilbalodis told the Los Angeles audience ... set up in February spells out “RIGA” with the black cat perched ...

RIGA, Latvia — (AP ... first time a film from Latvia has ever been nominated,” Zilbalodis told the Los Angeles audience. “So it really means a lot to us. We are very inspired and ...

A statue of the cat from the film has been installed in the capital city of Riga, Zilbalodis has been ... roughly half that of Los Angeles. Already, the Latvian government has promised a major ...