We are extremely proud that the Danish Oscar committee has chosen ‘Flee’ directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, produced by Monica Hellström & Signe Byrge Sørensen as Denmark's official Oscar entry for the 2022 International Feature Film category.
'Flee' was selected from a shortlist of three Danish films. In the press release from the Danish Film Institute the chairperson of the committee, Claus Ladegaard, among other things states: "'Jonas Poher Rasmussen directs with tremendous empathy and Amin’s story is hard to shake. The film’s finely balanced use of animation, music and live action gives us a real sense of the horror and cynicism of Amin’s journey to Europe – while not ignoring the beauty, humour and hope of his story. This makes 'Flee' an unusually nuanced film with social and existential depth.”
The Academy will be announcing the 15 films that have a chance to become one of the five nominees in the International Feature Film category on December 21. Until then we’ll be crossing our fingers!
Click here to read the entire press release from the Danish Film Institute.