Nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Oscars 2022

Directed by: Jonas Poher RASMUSSEN

Year of production: 2021

Country: USA, Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway 

Length: 90 minutes

Genre: documentary, animation

Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a 36-year-old high-achieving academic, grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen — his close friend and high-school classmate, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. Through heartfelt interviews between Jonas and Amin, FLEE tells an unforgettable story of self-discovery. Showing how only by confronting the past is it possible to carve out a future, and the universal truth that only when you stop fleeing from who you are can you find the true meaning of home.

Credits

Jonas Poher RASMUSSEN – Director

Jonas Poher RASMUSSEN, Amin NAWABI – Script

Jess NICHOLLS – Art Direction

Janus BILLESKOV JANSEN – Editing

Fredrik JONSÄTER – Sound

Casting

Daniel KARIMYAR

Fardin MIJDZADEH

Milad ESKANDARI

Belal FAIZ