American Cinematheque presents: Flee, by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Nominated four times at the 2022 Annie Awards as well as for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Flee is an animated documentary about exile and a refugee’s childhood. The screening will be introduced by a pre-recorded Q&A with its director, Jonas Poher Rasmussen.
FLEE
Denmark / France / Sweden / Norway
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Distributed in the US by Neon
90 minutes
Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he 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, he tells the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan for the first time.
This is a vaccinated-only screening