Jonas Poher Rasmussen grew up in a small town in Denmark and, at the age of 15, became friends with Amin, a slightly older boy from Afghanistan who was in a foster care family because he'd fled his ...

Animation Is Film has announced the winners of its fourth annual film festival. The organization has awarded the grand prize, its top honor, to “Flee.” Written and directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, ...

Flee (2021) is an animated documentary film that depicts the story of a man who shares his hidden past of fleeing from his home nation of Afghanistan to Denmark for the first time. Notably, the film ...

Jonas Poher Rasmussen (born May 19, 1981; Kalundborg) is a Danish filmmaker, most noted for his Oscar-nominated animated-documentary film Flee (2021). He debuted in 2006 with the acclaimed TV ...

The Cinema Eye Honors has announced the nominations for its 15th annual awards. “Flee” leads the field with seven nominations, while “Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonas Poher Rasmussen was 15 when a boy his same age arrived alone in his small Danish town. “He arrived all by himself and stayed with a family just around the corner from where I ...

Scott Simon talks with Jonas Poher Rasmussen, director of the animated documentary "Flee", about his friend's escape from war-torn Afghanistan and... Animated documentary 'Flee' tells of a teen's ...