Feature Film Selection/ Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA, Finland, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Slovenia, 2021, 89’

Details

• Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
• Screenplay: Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi
• Editing: Janus Billeskov Jansen
• Cinematography: Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda
• Music: Uno Helmersson
• Producer: Riz Ahmed, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Ekerhovd
• Production: Final Cut for Real, Sun Creature Studio
• Cast: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari
• 2021 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
• 2021 Göteborg Film Festival Best Nordic Documentary
• 2021 British Independent Film Awards Best International Independent Film

Recap

Amin, a 36-year-old accomplished academic, came to Europe as a refugee in his childhood. In this film, Amin shares for the first time his journey from Afghanistan to Denmark and his emotionally charged life story that makes the viewer think about the true meaning of the concept of 'home'. The migration process, full of secrets that he has been hiding even from himself for years, may cause the life he has built by enduring great difficulties to be turned upside down.

Director

Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Jonas Poher Rasmussen is a Danish/French film director born in 1981. He debuted in 2006 with the acclaimed TV documentary "Something About Halfdan", followed by a series of radio documentaries from around the world. He graduated from the Danish film school Super16 in 2010. His film "Flee" was officially selected for Cannes 2020, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival, and received nominations in three categories for the Oscars.

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