Flee (film) explained

Flee
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Director:Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Music:Uno Helmersson
Cinematography:Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda
Editing:Janus Billeskov Jansen
Runtime:90 minutes[1]
Budget:$3.4 million[2]
Gross:$2 million[3] [4]

Flee (Danish: Flugt) is a 2021 independent[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] The film was frequently ranked one of the best films of 2021,[8] [9] [10] [11] 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,[12] 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.

Plot

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.

An epilogue reveals that Amin's brother and mother eventually escaped Russia and that the fate of their father still remains unknown.

Voice cast

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

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.[13]

Animation

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.[14]

Release

Flee had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021.[15] Shortly after, Neon/Participant, Curzon Artificial Eye and Haut et Court acquired US, British and French distribution rights respectively.[16] [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

Box office

In its opening weekend, the film earned $24,794 from four theaters for a per screen average of $6,198.[24]

Critical response

Flee received widespread critical acclaim, with Sundance juror Kim Longinotto calling it "an instant classic" at the festival's awards ceremony.[25] It holds approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews, with an average rating of . 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

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, 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.

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Sundance Film FestivalFebruary 3, 2021World Cinema Documentary CompetitionFlee[38]
Annecy International Animation Film FestivalJune 19, 2021Best Feature[39]
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Best Original Music for a Feature FilmUno Helmersson
Millennium Docs Against GravitySeptember 9, 2021Grand Prix Bank Millennium AwardFlee[40]
Toronto International Film FestivalSeptember 18, 2021People's Choice Award for DocumentariesFlee
CLIT International Film FestivalOctober 17, 2021Best Feature - Ativa-te! category[41]
Out on FilmOctober 22, 2021Best International Film - Audience Award[42]
Montclair Film FestivalNovember 2, 2021Audience Award for World Cinema[43]
Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary FeatureJonas Poher Rasmussen
Newport Beach Film FestivalNovember 3, 2021Best Animated Feature - Audience AwardFlee[44]
Critics' Choice Documentary AwardsNovember 14, 2021Best Documentary Feature
Best DirectorJonas Poher Rasmussen
Manchester Animation FestivalNovember 25, 2021Best Feature Film Flee[45]
Gotham Independent Film AwardsNovember 29, 2021Best Documentary Feature[46]
National Board of ReviewDecember 3, 2021Top Documentaries[47]
NBR Freedom of Expression
New York Film Critics CircleDecember 3, 2021Best Non-Fiction Film[48]
Detroit Film Critics SocietyDecember 6, 2021Best Documentary (Tied with "Summer of Soul")[49]
Best Animated Feature
British Independent Film AwardsDecember 5, 2021Best International Independent FilmJonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen[50]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 6, 2021Best Animated FeatureFlee[51]
Best Documentary
European Film AwardsDecember 11, 2021Best Documentary Film[52]
Best Animated Feature Film
European University Film Award[53]
New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 12, 2021Best Documentary[54]
Boston Society of Film Critics AwardsDecember 12, 2021Best Animated Film[55] [56]
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 15, 2021Best Animated Film[57]
Best Documentary Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 18, 2021Best Animated Film[58]
Utah Film Critics AssociationDecember 18, 2021Best Animated Film[59]
Non-English Language Feature
Best Documentary
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 19, 2021Best Animated Film[60]
Best Documentary
Best Foreign Language Film
Indiana Film Journalists AssociationDecember 20, 2021Best Animated Film[61]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationDecember 20, 2021Best Foreign Language Film[62]
Best Documentary Film
Russell Smith Award
Florida Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 22, 2021Best Documentary Film[63]
Best Animated Film
National Society of Film CriticsJanuary 8, 2022Best Non-Fiction Film[64]
Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 9, 2022Best Animated Feature[65]
San Diego Film Critics SocietyJanuary 10, 2021Best Animated Film[66]
Best Documentary
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics CircleJanuary 10, 2022Best Documentary Feature[67]
Best Animated Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
Austin Film Critics AssociationJanuary 11, 2022Best Animated Film[68]
Best Documentary
Georgia Film Critics AssociationJanuary 14, 2022Best Picture[69]
Best Animated Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Toronto Film Critics AssociationJanuary 16, 2022Best Animated Film[70]
Best Documentary Film
North Dakota Film SocietyJanuary 17, 2022Best Picture[71]
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best International Feature
Denver Film Critics SocietyJanuary 17, 2022Best Animated Film[72]
Non-English Language Feature
Best Documentary
Seattle Film Critics SocietyJanuary 17, 2022Best Animated Film[73]
Non-English Language Feature
Best Documentary
Houston Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 19, 2022Best Animated Feature Film[74]
Best Documentary Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
Online Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 24, 2022Best Documentary[75]
Best Animated Feature
Best Film Not in the English Language
Alliance of Women Film Journalists AwardsJanuary 2022Best DocumentaryFlee[76]
Best Animated Film
Best Non-English-Language Film
Robert AwardsFebruary 5, 2022Best Documentary FeatureMonica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte de la Gournerie and Jonas Poher Rasmussen[77]
Best EditingJanus Billeskov Jansen
Best Sound DesignEdward Björner and Tormod Ringnes
Best ScoreUno Helmersson
London Film Critics Circle AwardsFebruary 6, 2022Documentary of the YearFlee[78]
Technical Achievement AwardKenneth Ladekjær (animation)
Cinema Eye HonorsMarch 1, 2022Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature FeatureJonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen[79]
Audience Choice PrizeJonas Poher Rasmussen
Outstanding Direction
Outstanding ProductionMonica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Outstanding Original ScoreUno Helmersson
Outstanding Sound DesignEdward Björner and Tormod Ringnes
Outstanding Graphic Design/AnimationKenneth Ladekjær
The UnforgettablesAmin
American Cinema Editors AwardsMarch 5, 2022Best Edited Documentary – FeatureJanus Billeskov Jansen[80]
Independent Spirit AwardsMarch 6, 2022Best Documentary FeatureFlee[81]
Annie AwardsMarch 12, 2022Best Animated Feature – Independent[82]
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature ProductionJonas Poher Rasmussen, Kenneth Ladekjær
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature ProductionJanus Billeskov Jansen
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature ProductionJonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi
British Academy Film AwardsMarch 13, 2022Best Animated FilmFlee[83]
Best Documentary
Critics' Choice AwardsBest Animated Feature[84]
Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Reel AwardsMarch 13, 2022Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature DocumentaryEdward Björner, Jens Johansson, Fredrik Jonsäter, Rune Van Deurs, Bengt Öberg[85]
Dorian AwardsMarch 17, 2022Best LGBTQ FilmFlee[86]
Best Animated Film
Best Documentary
Best LGBTQ Documentary
Best Non-English Language Film
Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 19, 2022Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures[87]
Bodil AwardsMarch 19, 2022Best Documentary[88]
Bodil Special AwardKenneth Ladekjær (animator) and Jess Nicholls (art director)
Academy AwardsMarch 27, 2022Best Animated FeatureJonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie[89]
Best Documentary Feature
Best International Feature FilmDenmark
GLAAD Media AwardsApril 2, 2022Outstanding DocumentaryFlee[90]
Satellite AwardsApril 2, 2022Best Animated or Mixed Media Film[91]
Best Documentary Film
Best Foreign Language Film
European Film AwardsDecember 10, 2022Lux Award[92]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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