Flee (2021)
June 17, 2021Release Date
Flee (2021)
June 17, 2021Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Amin Nawabi
Self (voice)
Daniel Karimyar
Amin (9-11 years old) (voice)
Fardin Mijdzadeh
Amin (15-18 years old) (voice)
Milad Eskandari
Saif (8 years old) (voice)
Belal Faiz
Saif (13-19 years old) (voice)
Elaha Faiz
Fahima (13-18 years old) (voice)
Zahra Mehrwarz
Fahima (28 years old) (voice)
Sadia Faiz
Sabia (16-26 years old) (voice)
Georg Jagunov
Human Trafficker (voice)
Rashid Aitouganov
Policeman / Trafficker (voice)
Navid Nazir
Boy in Truck (voice)
Hafiz Højmark
Son of Old Lady (voice)
Denis Rivin
Policeman 1 (voice)
Vadim Nedaskovskij
Policeman 2 (voice)
Viktor Melnikov
Russian TV Dubber (voice)
Mikhail Belinson
Human Trafficker (voice)
Ditte Graa Wulff
Red Cross Lady (voice)
Bo Asdal Andersen
Policeman (voice)
The Dungeon Master
Rude Dane (voice)
Behrouz Bigdeli
Translator (voice)
Christian Torp Carlsen
Real Estate Agent (voice)
Gustaf Georg Lindström
Swedish Bartender (voice)
Tormod Ringnes
Norwegian Cruise Captain (voice) / Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Mixer
Susanna Azevedo
Mexican Soap Opera Woman (voice)
Mauricio González-Aranda
Mexican Soap Opera Man (voice)
Jean-Pierre Pernaut
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mohammad Najibullah
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlotte Most
Co-Producer
Birk von Brockdorff
Prop Designer
Jean-François Le Corre
Co-Producer
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Editor
Christine Snitkjaer
Production Assistant
Mads Juul
Storyboard Artist
Philippa Kowarsky
Executive Producer
Jess Nicholls
Art Direction
Charlotte Sanchez
Line Producer
Danaï Katopodi
Production Manager
Thomas Fenger
Production Manager
Tristan Ménard
Colorist
Maria Ekerhovd
Co-Producer
Kenneth Ladekjær
Animation Director / Character Designer / Storyboard
Simon Lee
Background Designer
Mathieu Courtois
Co-Producer
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Producer
Charlotte de la Gournerie
Animation Production Assistant
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Writer / Director
Mikkel Sommer
Character Designer
Eskil Vogt
Script Consultant
Tanguy Olivier
Line Producer
Monica Hellstrøm
Producer
Rasmus Heisterberg
Script Consultant
Arnaud Tribout
Concept Artist
Ben Marsaud
Storyboard Artist
Véronique Canezza-Mailloux
Color Designer
Simon Rouby
Conceptual Design
Xavier Ramonède
Storyboard Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 17, 2021
Original NameFlugt
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Budget$3,400,000
Box Office$712,229
Genres
Wiki.
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 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, where it received one of the five finalists and became the second foreign-language animated film after Waltz with Bashir (2008), along with nominations in the Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature categories, becoming the first film ever to be nominated in all three of those categories.