PREVIEW: Flee (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Amin Nawabi (film debut), Daniel Karimyar (film debut), Fardin Mijdzadeh (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Searching for Bill), director, writer; Amin Nawabi (film debut), writer; Natalie Farrey (The Report), Monica Hellstrøm (Moon Rider) and Signe Byrge Sørensen (The Act of Killing), producers; Uno Helmersson (The Absent One), composer; Janus Billeskov Jansen (Another Round), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

As a minor, Amin Nawabi fled his native Afghanistan and travelled to Denmark as a refugee. Twenty years on, as he is about to marry his long-term boyfriend, Amin relays his secret story for the first time…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

With assistance from executive producer Riz Ahmed, Flee is a fascinatingly unique animated documentary that tells an important story of migrancy and sexuality that we all desperately need to hear.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024, dir. Rungano Nyoni)

Dark secrets emerge during a Zambian family funeral…

Rumours (2024, dirs. Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin)

The world’s leaders gather for an unusual summit during a global crisis…

That Christmas (2024, dir. Simon Otto)

Santa oversees a collection of festive-themed stories…

Nightbitch (2024, dir. Marielle Heller)

An overworked mother finds herself transforming into a dog…

Moana 2 (2024, dirs. David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller)

Moana and the demigod Maui set sail on a new oceanic adventure…

Your Monster (2024, dir. Caroline Lindy)

A young woman finds unexpected comfort in a terrifying Monster living in her closet…

Conclave (2024, dir. Edward Berger)

A cardinal oversees the political turmoil surrounding the selection of a new Pope…

Joy (2024, dir. Ben Taylor)

A group of scientists develop the first IVF treatment…

Wicked (2024, dir. Jon M. Chu)

In the land of Oz, Elphaba and Galinda head down two different paths…

The Piano Lesson (2024, dir. Malcolm Washington)

A family faces its legacy when deciding what to do with a historic heirloom…

Optimized by Optimole