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April 23, 2021, 8:04 am TheHDRoom may be paid a small commission for any services or products ordered through select links on this page. Earlier this year, LEGO teased an upcoming series of five reimagined LEGO Ninjago animated shorts that would celebrate the franchise’s 10th anniversary this year. The first of those shorts has finally arrived. Dubbed Golden Legend, it runs about three-and-a-half minutes in length and tells an ancient yet visionary story both seemingly familiar yet ultima...

Participant Partners With NEON to Co-Distribute Sundance Winner Flee Angelique Jackson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Participant has partnered with NEON on the North American distribution of Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s documentary, “Flee,” after its Sundance debut. The film, a largely animated documentary about the life of a gay Afghan refugee, earned the grand jury prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition category on Tuesday night, just hours after the new partnership was annou...

Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s documentary about a refugee, for an undisclosed seven-figure sum (which according to Variety was right around a million dollars). The film tells the story of Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), who fled from Afghanistan to Denmark as a child. He has found happiness in the country as an adult, but a secret he’s been keeping for decades threatens to ruin his life. Nawabi co-wrote the film with Rasmussen (who has previously made live-action and hybrid documentaries). Flee...

Jonas Poher Rasmussen finds remarkable means to unearth the memories of his protagonist, Amin, congealing them into something akin to a classic suspense tale, yet one still rooted in documentary credibility. A 2020 Cannes Label selection, Flee waited half a year to have its full premiere in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at this year’s Sundance, where it has been one of the most admired films at the whole festival, as well as at the Göteborg Film Festival. (The article continues ...

Flee Review: Doc Explores the Layers of Truth in Afghan Refugees Survival Story Flee Review: Doc Explores the Layers of Truth in Afghan Refugees 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. Peter Debruge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Courtesy of Cinephil Amin Nawabi is not the real name of the Afghan refugee introduced in the Sundance movie “Flee,” nor is that his real face, wh...

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 Neon/Courtesy of Sundance Institute 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 seve...

Sundance ’21: Jonas Poher Rasmussen opens up about his animated doc “Flee” Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen has made a name for himself in the documentary space by incorporating vibrant physicality within his work. Rasmussen’s third film, Flee, brings exactly that to the 2021 ... January 29, 2021 Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen has made a name for himself in the documentary space by incorporating vibrant physicality within his work. Rasmussen�...

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