Time: 19:45 - 21:45
Date: 6 Mar 2022
Location: Hebden Bridge Picture House
Cost: £5 - £7.50
Age: 15
The remarkable true story of a refugee's perilous journey to political safety.
Watch the acclaimed, award-winning animated documentary.
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4* Guardian – Mark Kermode
“A long, hard journey from Kabul to Copenhagen is relived in Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s ultimately uplifting film – a deserving awards contender”
5* Guardian – Peter Bradshaw
“This extraordinary tale of the desperate lengths a gay Afghan man was forced to go to in order to escape persecution is a powerful testament to human endurance”
5* Empire - Joshua Rothkopf
“Unspooling like a hush of secrets about to be disclosed after decades, Flee is a stirring, haunted reminiscence like no other.”
5* Telegraph – Robbie Collin
“This poignant animated study of a gay refugee tells its story in away that is both commonplace and extraordinary”
Watch the acclaimed, award-winning animated documentary. The remarkable true story of a refugee's perilous journey to political safety.
Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a 36-year-old high-achieving academic, 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 — his close friend and high-school classmate, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. Through heartfelt interviews between Jonas and Amin, FLEE tells an unforgettable story of self-discovery. Showing how only by confronting the past is it possible to carve out a future, and the universal truth that only when you stop fleeing from who you are can you find the true meaning of home.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/GtB03JONqXY
