Since its introduction in 2002 at the 74th Academy Awards, the Best Animated Feature category has emerged as a tribute to the realm of animation, with Shrek clinching the inaugural award.

Flow' wins the Best Animated Feature Oscar, the first indie winner of this category since its inception at the 2002 ceremony ...

LOS ANGELES — “Flow,″ a wordless cat parable, won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Academy Award.

Other top trophy recipients across both the main ceremony, hosted by Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza, and the creative ...

which swept the board by winning five awards, however, it was also a huge night for Latvia with the Baltic nation scooping its first Academy Award for animated feature Flow. Flow is a animated ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Flow,″ a wordless cat parable, won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday's 97th Academy Awards. The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Academy Award. “Flow” ...

The win Sunday adds to an already impressive resume for the new director, which includes a best animated feature win at the Golden Globe Awards and nominations from Critics Choice Awards ...

(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Flow,″ a wordless cat parable, won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints ...

From left, Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman, winners of the award for best animated feature film for "Flow," pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2 ...