FLEE – Galaxy Cinemas

Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8

Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Written and directed by: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Documentary, PG for mature content, disturbing images and coarse language, 90 min., Danish, Dari, Russian, Swedish with English subtitles (Denmark)

CLICK HERE to view the trailer.

“What an extraordinary story” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.

Awards: 78 wins, 138 Nominations!
Nominated – 3 Categories – Best Documentary Feature, Animated Feature, and International Feature Film, Academy Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature Film, BAFTA Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Motion Picture (Animated), Golden Globes, 2022
Winner – Best Documentary, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2021
Winner – Best International Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards, 2021
Winner – 4 Awards – Best Original Score, Sound, Editing and Best Documentary, Danish Film Awards, 2022
Winner – 3 Awards – Documentary, Animated Feature, European University Film Award, European Film Awards, 2021
Winner – World Cinema – Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Best Non-Fiction Film, New York Film Critics Society, 2021
Winner – Nordic Council’s Film Prize, Nordic Council, 2021
Winner – Best Documentary, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2022
Winner – Best Animated Feature Film, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, 2022
Winner – Best Animated Feature, Seattle Film Critics Society, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada

Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.