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Oscars: Latvia bets on animation again, but ‘Dog of God’ is "on the other end of the spectrum" from ‘Flow’

Latvia made a splash at the 2025 Oscars by winning the best animated feature award for Flow. The small Baltic country's submission for the 2026 best international feature film Oscar is, again, an ...
Dread Central

‘Dog of God’ Review: A Surreal Piece Of Horror Animation [Tribeca 2025]

I caught Lauris and Raitis Abeles’ Dog of God at Tribeca, and it was an unforgettable experience. I love it when the genre is explored through animation. Films like The Spine of Night, Mad God, Seoul ...
Variety

‘Dog of God’ Review: Gallows Humor and Grotesquerie Dominate a Singular Latvian Animation

The Abele brothers’ debut feature is an envelope-pushing mix of savage satire and parabolic fantasy set in a miserable 17th-century village where the sacred is frequently profane, and vice versa. The ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Oscars: Latvia Bets on Animation Again, but ‘Dog of God’ Is “on the Other End of the Spectrum” From ‘Flow’

Directors, and brothers, Lauris and Raitis Abele discuss their provocative and edgy takedown of dogmatic thinking and how its appeal has transcended the genre audience. By Georg Szalai Global Business ...