Academy Award-winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (PARASITE) penned a letter expressing his admiration for the animated film, FLEE which is an award contender this year. In the letter, he expressed how much the film directed by filmmaker and radio documentarian Jonas Poher Rasmussen moved him. Read it below.
Based on Rasumussen's personal story, FLEE tells the story of his journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan retold in animation form.
FLEE will expand into more cities starting January 28th.
"The most moving piece of cinema I saw this year." Bong Joon Ho on FLEE.
— NEON (@neonrated) January 21, 2022
Jonas Poher Rasmussen's doc expands its theatrical run today: https://t.co/FG5h30E0lS pic.twitter.com/tkHLj0NtQ4
More about FLEE
FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi 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.
