From Decal Releasing
FLEE
Release date March 1st
Also new this week is Jonas Poher Rasmussen's
Flee, featuring the voices of Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, and Georg Jagunov. This Danish animated docudrama has made history, becoming Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature Film, the first film to be nominated in all three categories.
Official description: Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner
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 for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.
Decal's Blu-ray of
Flee contains a New York Film Festival Q&A with Jonas Poher Rasmussen as an extra.
“A thrilling survival story. Grade A” - IndieWire
“A powerful memoir of personal struggle and self-discovery” - The Hollywood Reporter
“5 STARS Impossible to forget” - The Guardian
“One of the most uniquely memorable animated films of the last decade” - The Film Stage