FLEE

Director:  Jonas Poher Rasmussen

FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.  A secret he has been hiding for over twenty years threatens to ruin the life he has built for himself. He recounts his dramatic journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark. Told mostly through animation, FLEE weaves together a stunning tapestry of images and memories to tell the deeply affecting and original story of a young man grappling with his traumatic past in order to find his true self and the meaning of home.

“FLUGT er en historie om mange ting: Flugt, kærlighed, seksualitet og familie. Men hvis jeg skal opsummere filmen i én sætning
så er det en historie om en mand som prøver at finde sit hjem.”

– Jonas Poher Rasmussen.

PRODUCTION FACTS

Duration: 90 min
Language: Danish, English, Dari, Russian
Release: 2021

Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Producer: Monica Hellström, Final Cut For Real 

Producers:
Signe Byrge Sørensen, Final Cut For Real 
Charlotte De La Gournerie// Sun Creature Studio- Denmark

Co-Producers:
Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois // Vivement Lundi !, France
Charlotte Most // MostFilm, Sweden
Maria Ekerhovd // Mer Film, Norway

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER and International Sales
Philippa Kowarsky – Cinephil

Executive Producers
Danny Gabai, Natalie Farrey & Jannat Gargi, VICE Studios 
Hayley Pappas & Matt Ippolito, RYOT Films

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
ARTE France
VPRO, The Netherlands    
Copenhagen Film Fund

Art Director: Jess Nicholls
Animation Director: Kenneth Ladekjær
Based on the artistic development: Guillaume Dousse
Original Screenplay: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Editor: Janus Billeskov Jansen
Composer: Uno Helmerson
Script consultant: Eskil Vogt, Rasmus Heisterberg
Casting Agent: Gro Terp
Line producers: Charlotte Sanchez, Tanguy Olivier
Production manager: Danaï Katopodi, Thomas Fenger
Production assistant: Christine Snitkjaer
Concept artists: Arnaud Tribout
Concept graphical sequences: Simon Rouby
Environment design: Simon Lee
Lead Storyboard: Kenneth Ladekjær
Storyboard artists: Mads Juul, Ben Marsaud, Xavier Ramonède, Simon Rouby
Colorscript artist: Tristan Ménard
Head of character design: Mikkel Sommer
Character designer: Kenneth Ladekjær
Lead character color: Véronique Canezza
Props designer: Birk von Brockdorff
Lead layout background: Leïla Courtillon
Lead animation posing: Erik Schmidt
Lead animation clean: Kay Sales

WITH SUPPORT FROM
VICE Studios, Ryot Films, Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Norwegian Film Institute, Nordic Film and TV Fond, West Danish Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Région Bretagne, Région Hauts De France/Pictanovo, CNC, Procirep + Angoa, DR, SVT, YLE, The Animation Workshop, Fritt Ord, Movistar+, I Wonder Pictures, ERR, RTV Slo

CONTACT

International Sales:
Cinephil
info@cinephil.com
www.cinephil.com

Production Contact:
Producer Monica Hellström
monica@final-cut.dk

AWARDS

Sundance Film Festival 2021 -World Cinema Grand Jury Award: Documentary
Götenborg Film Festival 2021 - Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary
Visions Du Réel 2021 - Audience Award
Biografilm, Italy, 2021 - Best Documentary, Audience Award
Annecy Film Festival 2021 - Best Score by Uno Helmersson, The Gan Foundation & The Cristal Prize
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2021 – Best Documentary
Newport Beach Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Animated Feature
Against Gravity, Poland 2021 - Grand Prix Millennium Award, Best Film on Psychology & The Lower Silesia Grand Prix
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel 2021 - Special mention for best Int. film.
TIFF, Canada 2021 - second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries
Nordic Panorama 2021 - Audience Award
Seville European Film Festival 2021 - Ocaña Prize for Freedom
Viborg Animation Festival, Denmark, 2021 - Best Feature Film
Nordic Council Film Prize, 2021
Gotham Awards 2021 - Best documentary feature
British Independent Film Awards, 2021 - Best International Independent Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2021 - Best Animated Film
New York Film Critics Online Awards, 2021 - Best Documentary
European Film Awards 2021 - University Film award, Animated Feature Film and Best Documentary, Critics Association of Central Florida - Best Documentary,
Guldbagge Awards 2021 - Best International Feature Film
Robert Awards 2022 - Best Score, Best Sound Design, Best Editing, Best Documentary
Cinema Eye Honors 2022 - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Outstanding Graphic Design/Animation
International Documentary Association Awards / IDA Awards 2021 - Best Documentary Bodil Prize 2022 - Best documentary, Special Prize Alliance of Women Film Journalists - Best Documentary
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Non-Fiction Film Detroit Film Critics Society - Best Documentary National Board of Review - National Freedom of Expression Award Animation is Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize Nordisk Panorama - Audience Award Atlanta Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary Boston Online Film Critics Association - Best Documentary St. Louis Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Feature Philadelphia Film Critics Circle - Best Animated Film Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Animated Feature Indiana Film Journalist Association - Best Animated Film Online Association of Female Film Critics - Best Documentary Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Animation Utah Film Critics Association - Best Animated Feature, Best Non-English Feature Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association - Russell Smith Award Nevada Film Critics Society - Best Documentary North Dakota Film Society - Best International Feature, Best Documentary Feature Seattle Film Critics Society - Best Animated Feature Denver Film Critics Society - Best Animated Film Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Animated Film Kansas City Film Critics Circle - Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTFiQ Film Melbourne Queer Film Festival- Best Documentary Newport Beach Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Animated Feature

Nominations
Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, US - Best documentary film and Best Director
The Producers Guild Awards 2022 - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
The Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2022 - Best Documentary, Best Animated Film, Best International Film
Golden Globe Awards 2022 - Best Animated Feature
BAFTA Awards 2022 - Best Documentary and Best Animated Film
The Academy Awards 2022 - Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary and Best International Feature DiscussingFilm Critic Awards - Best International Feature Alliance of Women Film Journalists - Best Animated Feature, Best Non-English- Language Film Washington Area Film Critics Association - Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Detroit Film Critics Society - Best Animated Film Hollywood Critics Association - Best Documentary, Best International Film, Best Animated Film Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture (International), Best Motion Picture (Animated), Best Motion Picture (Documentary) Nordisk Panorama - Best Nordic Documentary Montclair Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature Hamptons Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature Hong Kong International Film Festival - Best Documentary Millenium Docs Against Gravity - “Co Jest Grane 24” Big Screen Doc Award, Amnesty International Poland Award, Grand Prix Bank Millenium Award Nordic Council - Film Prize Nyon Visions du Réel - Audience Award Oslo Pix - Best Nordic Documentary St. Louis Film Critics Association - Best Animated Film, Best International Film Philadelphia Film Critics Circle - Runner-up for Best Documentary, Runner-Up for Best Foreign Language Film Southeastern Film Critics Association - Runner-up for Best Documentary, Runner-up for Best Animated Film Portland Critics Association - Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Film Not in the English Language Critics’ Choice Awards - Best Animated Feature, Best Foreign Language Film Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Indiana Film Journalist Association - Best Documentary Phoenix Critics Circle - Best Documentary London Film Critics Circle - Documentary of the Year, Technical Achievement Award Online Association of Female Film Critics - Best Animated Feature Utah Film Critics Association - Runner-Up for Best Documentary Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association - Runner-Up for Best Foreign Language Film, Runner-Up for Best Documentary Annie Awards - Best Indie Feature, Best Direction, Best Writing, Best Editorial Florida Film Critics - Runner-Up for Best Animated Film Greater Western New York Film Critics Association - Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary North Carolina Film Critics Associaton - Best Documentary Film, Best Animated Film Houston Film Critics Society - Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, Foreign Language Feature Columbus Film Critics Association - Runner-Up for Best Documentary Feature, Runner-Up for Best Foreign Language Feature, Runner-Up for Best Animated Film Chicago Indie Critics - Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary Austin Film Critics Association - Best Documentary, Best Animated Film San Diego Film Critics Society - Best Documentary, Best Animated Film San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary Feature, Best Animated Film, Best Foreign Language Film Georgia Film Critics Association - Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Animated Film North Dakota Film Society - Best Picture, Best Animated Feature Seattle Film Critics Society - Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Documentary Feature Denver Film Critics Society - Best Documentary, Best Foreign Language Film Music City Film Critics Association - Best Animated Film, Best Documentary, Best International Toronto Film Critics Association - Runner-Up for Alan King Documentary Award Kansas City Film Critics Association - Runner-Up for Best Animated Film NAACP Image Awards - Outstanding International Motion Pictures Online Film Critics Society - Best Animated Feature, Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Documentary GLAAD Media Awards - Best Documentary Iowa Film Critics Association - Runner-Up for Animated Film, Runner-Up for Documentary North American Film Critics Association - Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film

FESTIVALS

Cannes Film Festival 2020
Sundance Film Festival 2021
Gothenburg Film Festival 2021
The Human Rights Film Festival, Norway 2021
Visions Du Réel, Switzerland 2021
It’s All True, Brazil 2021
Oslo Pix, Norway 2021
Biografilm, Italy 2021
Annecy Film Festival 2021
Zagreb dox 2021
HKIFF, Hong Kong 2021
Against Gravity, Poland, 2021
Telluride, USA, 2021
Hamptons International Film Festival, USA, 2021
Chicago International Film Festival, USA, 2021
TIFF, Canada, 2021
Haugesund, Norway, 2021
Nordic Panorama, Sweden, 2021
Viborg Animation Festival, Denmark, 2021. It's All True Int. Documentary FF., Brazil, 2021 Visions du Réel., Nyon, 2021 Seattle International Film Festival, US, 2021 Biografilm, Italy, 2021 Encounters South African Int. Documentary Film Festival, South Africa, 2021 Melbourne Film Festival, Australia, 2021 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2021 Jerusalem Int. Film Festival, Israel, 2021 Against Gravity, Poland, 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2021 Malmö Nordisk Panorama, Sweden, 2021 Zürich Film Festival, Switzerland, 2021 Reykjavik Film Festival, Iceland, 2021 London Film Festival, UK, 2021 El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt, 2021 Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animation, Germany, 2021 Dokufest Prizren, Kosovo, 2021 Nordische Filmtage, Germany, 2021 Sevilla Festival de Cine, Spain, 2021 New York, DOC NYC Film Festival, US, 2021 International Documentary Filmfestival, The Netherlands, 2021 Les Arcs European Film Festival, France, 2021