FLEE (Oscar Nominated) The POPCORN JUNKIES Movie Review (Some Spoilers)

Flee (Danish: Flugt) is a 2021 Danish animated docudrama film directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. It follows the story of a man named Amin Nawabi, who shares his hidden past for the first time, of fleeing his country. Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau serve as executive producers.  

The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021. It was released in theaters in the United States on December 3, 2021, by Neon and Participant.  

Flee received unanimous acclaim from film festivals and critics, with critical praise for animation, story, thematic content, subject matter, and LGBT representation; garnered numerous awards, mainly for animated and documentary categories, including NBR Freedom of Expession and one of the top documentaries at National Board of Review, and a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature.  

The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, where it received a nomination, along with nods in the Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature categories simultaneously, becoming the first film to do so.

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