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.

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 winners on the night included Kieran Culkin, Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldaña, while Flow won best animated film ... Pain Succession star Kieran Culkin was named best supporting actor, a category he ...

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 ...