Flee (film)
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Danish | Flugt |
Directed by | Jonas Poher Rasmussen |
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Cinematography | Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda |
Edited by | Janus Billeskov Jansen |
Music by | Uno Helmersson |
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Running time | 90 minutes[2] |
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Budget | $3.4 million[3] |
Box office | $2 million[4][5] |
Flee (Danish: Flugt) is a 2021 independent[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] The film was frequently ranked one of the best films of 2021,[9][10][11][12] and garnered numerous accolades, mainly for animated and documentary categories including Best Feature Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Best Animated Feature – Independent at 49th Annie Awards, both making the first animated documentary film to win.
The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film,[13] where it was selected as one of the five finalists and became the second foreign-language animated film after Waltz with Bashir (2008). The film was also nominated in the Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature categories, becoming the first film ever to be nominated in all three of those categories.
Plot
[edit]- The film is presented in the form of an animated documentary; animated scenes depict Amin's past and present, interspersed with archival footage.
Amin Nawabi is being interviewed in Denmark by director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, who has known Amin since they were teenagers. Jonas is making a documentary about Amin's life, including his escape from Afghanistan to Denmark as a refugee. Amin has not shared the full details of his story with anyone, including his boyfriend Kasper, whom he plans to marry. The trauma of his past affects Amin's ability to settle down, and he considers a position away from Kasper in the United States as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University.
Amin begins by sharing stories of his childhood in Kabul with his mother Tahera, sisters Fahima and Sabia, and his older brother Saif. Amin's father is not in their life, having been imprisoned as a perceived threat following the outbreak of the Soviet-Afghan War. Saif is forced to flee from police regularly to avoid being drafted to fight. After the Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan, the family flees Kabul due to the impending invasion by mujahideen forces. They fly to Russia, where they meet Amin's oldest brother Abbas, who is currently living in Sweden, having fled Afghanistan years earlier. Abbas arranges for human traffickers to smuggle the family to Sweden. While waiting to leave Russia, they are forced to stay indoors, as they are staying in the country illegally. Amin's sisters are the first to be smuggled, being placed on a freight container on a cargo ship with dozens of other refugees. The two survive but are traumatized due to the difficulty of the journey.
In the present, Jonas expresses surprise that Amin's siblings are still alive and living in Sweden, having previously thought Amin had no living family. Amin reveals that he keeps the truth hidden for fear he will be sent back to Afghanistan if it is revealed that he did not come to Denmark as an orphaned refugee as he claimed. Amin and Kasper tour a prospective house for them to live in after they are married; Kasper expresses concern about Amin's ability to stay in one place for an extended period. In the past, Amin, Saif, and Tahera flee Russia by truck with a group of fellow refugees. The group boards a boat that will bring them to Sweden across the Baltic Sea. The boat encounters bad weather during the trip, causing the engine to die. After several days adrift, they are discovered by a Norwegian cruise ship, whose crew contact the Estonian Border Guard to take custody of the passengers. Amin and his family are held captive in Estonia for six months before being deported back to Russia.
In the present, Amin decides to accept the position at Princeton, causing an argument between him and Kasper; he leaves and stays at Jonas's home. In the past, Tahera falls sick after their return to Russia. Saif takes responsibility for the family, deciding to send Amin out of Russia first using more expensive but more reliable smugglers, who tell him he must say he is an orphan to avoid being deported back to Afghanistan. Amin makes it to Ukraine but is sent on a flight to Copenhagen rather than Sweden. Once there, he turns himself over to the authorities as a refugee and makes contact with Abbas, who instructs him to continue to lie about his family members being killed. Several years later, Amin visits Abbas and his sisters in Stockholm. After admitting to them that he is gay, Abbas takes him to a gay club, telling him that the family always knew about his sexuality.
In the present, Jonas visits Amin in New York City, where he expresses a desire to settle down, having constantly been on guard throughout his life. He returns to Denmark, where he reunites with Kasper. Four months later, the two are married and have purchased a house together.
A textual epilogue reveals that Amin's brother and mother eventually escaped Russia while the fate of his father remains unknown.
Voice cast
[edit]- Amin Nawabi as himself (present day)
- Daniel Karimyar as Amin (9–11)
- Fardin Mijdzadeh as Amin (15–18)
- Jonas Poher Rasmussen as himself
- Kasper (Amin's boyfriend) as himself
- Belal Faiz as Saif (13–19)
- Milad Eskandari as Saif (8)
- Zahra Mehrwarz as Fahima (28)
- Elaha Faiz as Fahima (13–26)
- Sadia Faiz as Sabia (16–26)
A number of the voice cast members are credited as anonymous, including the voice of Amin at ages 13–15, Abbas, Akthar Nawabi, Tahera, and young Tahera.
Production
[edit]In January 2021, it was announced Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau would serve as executive producers on the film, and narrate an English-language dub version of the film.[14]
Animation
[edit]The core animation team behind the film consisted of around ten animators and cleanup artists in Denmark, as well as a team of coloring artists in France. Each scene would go through a rough pass of animation where the team checked the acting of the characters and the intention. Once Poher Rasmussen approved it, the animators would tighten up the drawings in terms of the look of characters. The cleanup team would then check for the correct brushwork – meant to seem inky and sketchy as if from a graphic novel to give maturity to the line work – before finally shipping it off to the coloring team to embellish the characters. "It was a pretty big machinery", noted Ladekjær.[15]
Release
[edit]Flee had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021.[16] Shortly after, Neon/Participant, Curzon Artificial Eye and Haut et Court acquired US, British and French distribution rights respectively.[1][17][18] The film was initially set to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, but the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] It was also screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2021 New York Film Festival in September 2021.[20]
The film was released in select theaters for New York and Los Angeles by NEON and Participant on December 3, 2021[21] with a nationwide expansion on January 21, 2022.[22] The film became available on Hulu on February 8, 2022.[23]
Reception
[edit]Box office
[edit]In its opening weekend, the film earned $24,794 from four theaters for a per screen average of $6,198.[24]
Critical response
[edit]Flee received widespread critical acclaim, with Sundance juror Kim Longinotto calling it "an instant classic" at the festival's awards ceremony.[25] It holds a 98% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 197 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The critics consensus reads "Depicting the refugee experience through vivid animation, Flee pushes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking to present a moving memoir of self-discovery."[26] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 91 out of 100 based on reviews from 33 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[27] It is also the sixth best reviewed film of 2021 in the website, as well the best reviewed animated film of that year.[28]
Metacritic reported that Flee appeared on over 33 film critics' top-ten lists for 2021, one of only two animated films to appear on the list for the year, alongside The Mitchells vs. the Machines. The film ranked first and second on two lists.[29]
Parasite director Bong Joon-ho listed Flee as one of his favorite films of 2021,[30] and wrote a letter, calling it "The most moving piece of cinema I saw this year."[31]
UK Film Review gave a 5-star rating.[32] BBC listed as one of the twenty best films of 2021.[33] Flee also ranked as the seventh best film of 2021 in an IndieWire poll to 187 critics and journalists.[34]
Accolades
[edit]At Sundance, Flee won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary section.[35] The film was subsequently screened at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it won Best Feature Film.[35] Flee also won The Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year in 2022.
At the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.[36] It is also nominated for two Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, for Best Feature and Best Director.[37]
The film won NBR Freedom of Expression and one of the top documentaries at National Board of Review,[38] a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature, earned two categories for British Academy Film Awards, won an Annie Award for the Best Animated Feature – Independent and four Dorian Awards.
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Sundance Film Festival | February 3, 2021 | World Cinema Documentary Competition | Flee | Won | [39] |
Annecy International Animation Film Festival | June 19, 2021 | Best Feature | Won | [40] | |
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution | Won | ||||
Best Original Music for a Feature Film | Uno Helmersson | Won | |||
Millennium Docs Against Gravity | September 9, 2021 | Grand Prix Bank Millennium Award | Flee | Won | [41] |
Toronto International Film Festival | September 18, 2021 | People's Choice Award for Documentaries | Flee | Runner-up | [36] |
CLIT International Film Festival | October 17, 2021 | Best Feature - Ativa-te! category | Won | [42] | |
Out on Film | October 22, 2021 | Best International Film - Audience Award | Won | [43] | |
Montclair Film Festival | November 2, 2021 | Audience Award for World Cinema | Won | [44] | |
Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Won | |||
Newport Beach Film Festival | November 3, 2021 | Best Animated Feature - Audience Award | Flee | Won | [45] |
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 14, 2021 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | [37] | |
Best Director | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Nominated | |||
Manchester Animation Festival | November 25, 2021 | Best Feature Film | Flee | Won | [46] |
Gotham Independent Film Awards | November 29, 2021 | Best Documentary Feature | Won | [47] | |
National Board of Review | December 3, 2021 | Top Documentaries | Won | [38] | |
NBR Freedom of Expression | Won | ||||
New York Film Critics Circle | December 3, 2021 | Best Non-Fiction Film | Won | [48] | |
Detroit Film Critics Society | December 6, 2021 | Best Documentary | Won (Tied with "Summer of Soul") | [49] | |
Best Animated Feature | Nominated | ||||
British Independent Film Awards | December 5, 2021 | Best International Independent Film | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen | Won | [50] |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | December 6, 2021 | Best Animated Feature | Flee | Nominated | [51] |
Best Documentary | Nominated | ||||
European Film Awards | December 11, 2021 | Best Documentary Film | Won | [52] | |
Best Animated Feature Film | Won | ||||
European University Film Award | Won | [53] | |||
New York Film Critics Online | December 12, 2021 | Best Documentary | Won | [54] | |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | December 12, 2021 | Best Animated Film | Won | [55][56] | |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | December 15, 2021 | Best Animated Film | Won | [57] | |
Best Documentary Film | Nominated | ||||
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | December 18, 2021 | Best Animated Film | Won | [58] | |
Utah Film Critics Association | December 18, 2021 | Best Animated Film | Won | [59] | |
Non-English Language Feature | Won | ||||
Best Documentary | Runner-up | ||||
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | December 19, 2021 | Best Animated Film | Nominated | [60] | |
Best Documentary | Won | ||||
Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
Indiana Film Journalists Association | December 20, 2021 | Best Animated Film | Won | [61] | |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 20, 2021 | Best Foreign Language Film | Runner-up | [62] | |
Best Documentary Film | Runner-up | ||||
Russell Smith Award | Won | ||||
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | December 22, 2021 | Best Documentary Film | Nominated | [63] | |
Best Animated Film | Runner-up | ||||
National Society of Film Critics | January 8, 2022 | Best Non-Fiction Film | Won | [64] | |
Golden Globe Awards | January 9, 2022 | Best Animated Feature | Nominated | [65] | |
San Diego Film Critics Society | January 10, 2021 | Best Animated Film | Runner-up | [66] | |
Best Documentary | Runner-up | ||||
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | January 10, 2022 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | [67] | |
Best Animated Feature | Nominated | ||||
Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
Austin Film Critics Association | January 11, 2022 | Best Animated Film | Nominated | [68] | |
Best Documentary | Nominated | ||||
Georgia Film Critics Association | January 14, 2022 | Best Picture | Nominated | [69] | |
Best Animated Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Documentary Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
Toronto Film Critics Association | January 16, 2022 | Best Animated Film | Won | [70] | |
Best Documentary Film | Runner-up | ||||
North Dakota Film Society | January 17, 2022 | Best Picture | Nominated | [71] | |
Best Animated Feature | Nominated | ||||
Best Documentary Feature | Won | ||||
Best International Feature | Won | ||||
Denver Film Critics Society | January 17, 2022 | Best Animated Film | Won | [72] | |
Non-English Language Feature | Nominated | ||||
Best Documentary | Nominated | ||||
Seattle Film Critics Society | January 17, 2022 | Best Animated Film | Won | [73] | |
Non-English Language Feature | Nominated | ||||
Best Documentary | Nominated | ||||
Houston Film Critics Society Awards | January 19, 2022 | Best Animated Feature Film | Nominated | [74] | |
Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | ||||
Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
Online Film Critics Society Awards | January 24, 2022 | Best Documentary | Nominated | [75] | |
Best Animated Feature | Nominated | ||||
Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated | ||||
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | January 2022 | Best Documentary | Flee | Won | [76] |
Best Animated Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Non-English-Language Film | Nominated | ||||
Robert Awards | February 5, 2022 | Best Documentary Feature | Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte de la Gournerie and Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Won | [77] |
Best Editing | Janus Billeskov Jansen | Won | |||
Best Sound Design | Edward Björner and Tormod Ringnes | Won | |||
Best Score | Uno Helmersson | Won | |||
London Film Critics Circle Awards | February 6, 2022 | Documentary of the Year | Flee | Nominated | [78] |
Technical Achievement Award | Kenneth Ladekjær (animation) | Nominated | |||
Cinema Eye Honors | March 1, 2022 | Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature Feature | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen | Won | [79] |
Audience Choice Prize | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Direction | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Production | Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Original Score | Uno Helmersson | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Sound Design | Edward Björner and Tormod Ringnes | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Graphic Design/Animation | Kenneth Ladekjær | Won | |||
The Unforgettables | Amin | Won | |||
American Cinema Editors Awards | March 5, 2022 | Best Edited Documentary – Feature | Janus Billeskov Jansen | Nominated | [80] |
Independent Spirit Awards | March 6, 2022 | Best Documentary Feature | Flee | Nominated | [81] |
Annie Awards | March 12, 2022 | Best Animated Feature – Independent | Won | [82] | |
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Kenneth Ladekjær | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | Janus Billeskov Jansen | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi | Nominated | |||
British Academy Film Awards | March 13, 2022 | Best Animated Film | Flee | Nominated | [83] |
Best Documentary | Nominated | ||||
Critics' Choice Awards | March 13, 2022 | Best Animated Feature | Nominated | [84] | |
Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
Golden Reel Awards | March 13, 2022 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary | Edward Björner, Jens Johansson, Fredrik Jonsäter, Rune Van Deurs, Bengt Öberg | Nominated | [85] |
Dorian Awards | March 17, 2022 | Best LGBTQ Film | Flee | Won | [86] |
Best Animated Film | Won | ||||
Best Documentary | Won | ||||
Best LGBTQ Documentary | Won | ||||
Best Non-English Language Film | Nominated | ||||
Producers Guild of America Awards | March 19, 2022 | Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures | Nominated | [87] | |
Bodil Awards | March 19, 2022 | Best Documentary | Won | [88] | |
Bodil Special Award | Kenneth Ladekjær (animator) and Jess Nicholls (art director) | Won | |||
Academy Awards | March 27, 2022 | Best Animated Feature | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie | Nominated | [89] |
Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | ||||
Best International Feature Film | Denmark | Nominated | |||
GLAAD Media Awards | April 2, 2022 | Outstanding Documentary | Flee | Nominated | [90] |
Satellite Awards | April 2, 2022 | Best Animated or Mixed Media Film | Nominated | [91] | |
Best Documentary Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
European Film Awards | December 10, 2022 | Lux Award | Nominated | [92] |
See also
[edit]- Persepolis, a 2007 animated biographical drama film
- Waltz with Bashir, a 2008 Israeli animated documentary
- The Breadwinner, a 2017 animated drama film
- List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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External links
[edit]- Official website with trailer
- Flee at IMDb
- Flee at Rotten Tomatoes
- Flee at Metacritic
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