01/12/2022 - The head of the French company analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival
The head of Vivement Lundi ! analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival
01/12/2022 - The head of Vivement Lundi ! analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival
Flee Review: Doc Explores the Layers of Truth in Afghan Refugee s Survival Story Flee Review: Doc Explores the Layers of Truth in Afghan Refugee s Survival Story
Animation proves an ideal medium by which to both mask and reveal the identity of a gay man who escaped Afghanistan and reinvented himself.
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Amin Nawabi is not the real name of the Afghan refugee introduced in the Sundance movie “Flee,” nor is that his real face, which has been distorted by animation to protect his identity. As “Flee” unfolds, you may also start to question whether the story Amin shares is even real, doubling back and contradicting itself as it does over the course of director Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s unconventional portrait.
Neon Acquires Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s ‘Flee’ in 7-Figure Deal
Sundance 2021: Film is executive produced by Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-WaldauBeatrice Verhoeven | January 29, 2021 @ 10:49 AM Last Updated: January 29, 2021 @ 11:16 AM
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Neon made one of the first 2021 Sundance acquisitions on Friday with Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s “Flee,” executive produced by Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
The film, which sold for an undisclosed seven-figure amount after an overnight bidding war, was officially selected for Cannes 2020 and made its debut on opening night of Sundance in the World Documentary Competition to rave reviews.
“Flee” tells the story of Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym) as he deals with a painful secret that he has kept for 20 years a secret that threatens his life and the life of his soon-to-be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to Rasmussen, Nawabi tells the story of his journey as a child refugee fr