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Flee(Movie, 2021)

Original title: "Flugt" (Danish/DA)
1h 23min | Genres: Documentary, Animation
FleeRating: 3.9/5 (with 132132 votes)
Flee (Danish: Flugt) is a 2021 independent adult animated documentary film directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. An international co-production with Denmark, France, Norway, and Sweden, it follows the story of a man under the alias Amin Nawabi, who shares his hidden past of fleeing his home country of Afghanistan to Denmark for the first time. Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau serve as executive producers and narrators for the English-language dub version. The world premiere of the film was at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021, where it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary section. It was released in theaters in the United States on December 3, 2021, by Neon and Participant. The film received widespread acclaim from film festivals and critics, with critical praise for animation, story, thematic content, subject matter, and LGBT representation. It also incorporates archival film footage of events in Afghanistan from the time Amin fled. The film was frequently ranked one of the best films of 2021, and garnered numerous accolades, mainly for animated and documentary categories including Best Feature Film at the Annecy International Animation Fil... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Flee

European University Film Award European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film European Film Award for Best Documentary Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film Nordic Council Film Prize Bodil Award for Best Documentary Robert Award for Best Documentary Feature Dorian Award for Lgbtq Film of The Year Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary European Film Award for Best Documentary European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film European University Film Award Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film Lux European Audience Film Award

About Flee

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

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Additional Information

Producer: Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte de La Gournerie
Screenwriter: Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin
Sound Designer: Tormod Ringnes, Edward Björner
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Бягство"
"Flee: Nenhum Lugar Para Chamar de Lar"
"Utéct"
"Põgenemine"
"Pako"
"Fuir"
"無處安心"
"逃不出的記憶"
"Bijeg"
"Menekülés"
"Livro'akh"
"Flótti"
"나의 집은 어디인가"
"Flee: Huyendo De Casa"
"Flukt"
"Przeżyć"
"Flee - A Fuga"
"Побег"
"Flykt"
"Kaçış"
"漂浪人生"
"Втеча"
Budget: 3,400,000 USD
Revenue: 440,544 USD (= 13%)

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Other movies with this title: Flee (CA, 2012), Flee (2023)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:377344, Added: 03/18/2020, Last updated: 03/18/2024