Flee (2021)

For the first time in 20 years, Afghan immigrant Amin Nawabi shared the truth of his experience immigrating to Denmark by way of Russia with his friend, director Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Mainly told in a classic animated style interspersed occasionally with archival footage, Amin’s entire family experienced horrors together and individually in leaving their homeland, horrors that continue to resonate in Nawabi’s current life and relationship with his boyfriend. It’s an important, powerful tale, presented in a very personal way, that at least for me felt a bit removed in its narrative and visual style.

Oscar Nominations: Best Documentary Feature; Best Animated Feature Film; Best International Feature Film