Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Riz Ahmed to lend voices for lead characters in documentary 'Flee'

Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Sound of Metal's Riz Ahmed are set to star toger in  Danish animated documentary feature called Flee. y will be voicing le roles in English version of film. Coster-Waldau and Ahmed will also serve as executive producers for Danish documentary. Originally selected for Cannes Film Festival 2020, Flee will have its world premiere in world documentary competition at Sundance Film Festival this week.

animated documentary is based on a true story of a man's need to confront his past to have a future. At of 35 on verge of his marri, Amin tells story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee traveling from Afghanistan to Denmark that he has been hiding for 20 years which threatens to ruin life he has built for himself. Amin will be voiced by Riz Ahmed while Rasmussen's voice will be played by Coster-Waldau. 

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Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau talk about Flee

Speaking to Variety, Riz Ahmed spoke about being floored by emotional impact of  documentary. He stated this documentary was a unique project that pushed forward  ideas of what a documentary animation and refugee-centered narratives can be like. He said that he was proud to help bring this project to life for English-speaking audiences. 

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau expressed he was 'blown away by power of simple storytelling' of documentary. He ded that Flee is a story of extreme perseverance and hope. He expressed his thoughts on  animation used by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and how he captured  intensity of one refugee's unbelievable journey and according to him because Amin was able to tell his story hidden behind animated avatar, it felt much more revealing and honest than h it been a standard filmed interview.

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Flee documentary will premiere in World Documentary competition at Sundance film festival on Thursday, January 28. International Sales will be handled by Cinephil and 30WEST will handle rth American Sales. film is written by Rasmussen and Amin Nawabi. documentary has been edited by Janus Billeskov Jansen, whose works include Oscar-minated “ Hunt” (2013), Joshua Oppenheimer’s Oscar-minated “ Act of Killing” (2012), Yance Ford’s Oscar-minated “Strong Island” (2017), and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Ar Round” (2020).

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