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Just as Waltz with Bashir did 13 years ago, director Jonas Poher Rasmussen robustly reaffirms in Flee that animation can be used not just for amusement but for any purpose, in this case to tell the harrowing story of what some refugees from Afghanistan went through in order to forge new lives in the West. This is an…

Participant, known for bolstering positive social change, said Tuesday it has partnered with Neon to co-distribute Jonas Poher Rasmussen's animated documentary Flee. Neon acquired the film after its debut on opening night of the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition lineup in a reported…

Neon has made the first acquisition out of this year's Sundance Film Festival, taking North American rights to Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee for an undisclosed seven-figure sum after an overnight bidding war. The film, executive produced by Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, was an official selection for Cannes 2020…

With his latest radio documentary, Flee, writer/director Jonas Poher Rasmussen helped a longtime friend tell an incredibly personal story that he'd never shared with anyone—embracing pseudonyms and the medium of animation to bring it to light, while protecting his privacy, and that of his family. Juxtaposing multiple…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the debut trailer for Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s hand-drawn animation telling the true story of a man’s extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. The film is set to premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary competition tonight, January 28. Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau…