it s achieved quite a feat in terms of nominations. it s been nominated for best documentary feature, best international film feature, and best animated feature, all at the same time. noah gittell reports. noah: flee, the ground breaking, oscar nominated animated documentary may defy easy categorisation, but its story has resonated with a wide variety of audiences. it s not the first film to portray the refugee experience as a harrowing ordeal, but the film succeeds by never politicising its subject. at the heart of flee is one man, amin, telling his story to his childhood friend, danish film maker jonas poher rasmussen. it s this opportunity to subvert the traditional narratives around refugees that first drew rasmussen to the idea of making flee. the refugee story is often simplified. being a refugee becomes their identity, but it s not. and because flee, amin s story, is told from the inside of
it s achieved quite a feat in terms of nominations. it s been nominated for best documentary feature, best international film feature, and best animated feature, all at the same time. noah gittell reports. noah: flee, the ground breaking, oscar nominated animated documentary may defy easy categorisation, but its story has resonated with a wide variety of audiences. it s not the first film to portray the refugee experience as a harrowing ordeal, but the film succeeds by never politicising its subject. at the heart of flee is one man, amin, telling his story to his childhood friend, danish film maker jonas poher rasmussen.
have been shuffled numerous times over the past few months. the film industry wants to see a return to normality, as do movie goers forever hungry for the magic and sustenance that cinema can bring to their lives. blockbuster season has traditionally been defined by big budget action films that many of the better movies this year were smaller more modest offerings. among them, coda, which sounds the child of deaf adults, as noah gittell reports. the main character in coda, ruby, is the only hearing person in an otherwise deaf family. in other ways she s like every other teenager caught between two worlds her childhood life with her parents and the future she dreams of. ruby was to study singing at a prestigious arts university.
been reshuffled numerous times over the past few months. the film industry wants to see a return to normality, as do movie goers forever hungry for the magic and sustenance that cinema can bring to their lives. blockbuster season has traditionally been defined by big budget action films, but many of the better movies this year were smaller, more modest offerings. among them, coda, which stands for child of deaf adults, as noah gittell reports. the main character in coda, ruby, is the only hearing person in an otherwise deaf family. in other ways she s like every other teenager caught between two worlds her childhood life with her parents and the future she dreams. ruby wants to study singing at a prestigious arts university. but she also serves
more modest offerings. among them, coda, which sounds the child of deaf adults, as noah gittell reports. the main character in coda, ruby, is the only hearing person in an otherwise deaf family. in other ways she s like every other teenager caught between two worlds her childhood life with her parents and the future she dreams. ruby wants to study singing at a prestigious arts university. but she also serves as her family s unofficial translator and a key employee of their struggling fishing business. the film effectively blends the emotions of a coming of age drama with an authentic portrayal of deaf culture. director sian heder, a hearing person, worked hard to get it right.