Gints Zilbalodis

Born April 13, 1994· Riga, Latvia

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Born to a painter mother and a sculptor father, he turned to filmmaking as a personal outlet and, lacking formal animation schools in Latvia, taught himself animation, sound design and composition rather than attending university. After creating seven short films, he launched his first feature, Away (2019), a self-written, directed and scored adventure that earned the Contrechamps prize at Annecy…