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With his film Flee, which recently scored a historic trifecta of Oscar nominations in the categories of Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and International Feature, Jonas Poher Rasmussen cleverly fused two cinematic mediums to help his longtime friend tell a painful, personal story that for decades he kept to…

Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s film Flee for Neon, Participant and VICE Studios made history this morning, as it became the first ever to score a trifecta of Oscar nominations in the categories of Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film. It will compete for Animated Feature against…

When the Oscar nominations are announced on Feb. 8 Flee could pull off an unprecedented trifecta—becoming the first film nominated as Best Documentary Feature, Best International Film and Best Animated Feature. Not bad for a project that began with modest ambitions. "It started out with me wanting to do a short…

Jonas Poher Rasmussen joined Deadline's Contenders Film: New York event Saturday to shed further light on the backstory to his lauded Sundance debut Flee, which is Denmark’s entry for the International Feature Oscar race. The animated documentary from Neon and Participant tells the true story of a man, Amin, on the…

With voting set to open soon to determine the Oscar documentary shortlist, Flee continues to make a very strong case for recognition. The Neon release from director Jonas Poher Rasmussen won the Gotham Award for Best Documentary Feature on Monday, burnishing an awards run that began with the top prize for…

Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen revealed that it took animation to tell the true story of his childhood friend Amin's harrowing journey as an Afghan refugee and the painful secrets he's held for decades to allow him to finally tell his tale both anonymously and with deep emotion. "What really made Amin able to…

EXCLUSIVE: Off the heels of the critical praise for his documentary feature, Flee, UTA and Anonymous Content have signed acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen in all areas. Rasmussen wrote and directed the project, which won the Grand Jury Prize for "World Cinema – Documentary" at the 2021 Sundance…

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…

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…