Flee (Danish: Flugt) is a 2021 independent[6] adult animated documentary film directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen.

The trauma of his past affects Amin's ability to settle down, and he considers a position away from Kasper in the United States as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University.

Amin begins by sharing stories of his childhood in Kabul with his mother Tahera, sisters Fahima and Sabia, and his older brother Saif.

After the Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan, the family flees Kabul due to the impending invasion by mujahideen forces.

They fly to Russia, where they meet Amin's oldest brother Abbas, who is currently living in Sweden, having fled Afghanistan years earlier.

After several days adrift, they are discovered by a Norwegian cruise ship, whose crew contact the Estonian Border Guard to take custody of the passengers.

In the present, Amin decides to accept the position at Princeton, causing an argument between him and Kasper; he leaves and stays at Jonas's home.

Saif takes responsibility for the family, deciding to send Amin out of Russia first using more expensive but more reliable smugglers, who tell him he must say he is an orphan to avoid being deported back to Afghanistan.

Once there, he turns himself over to the authorities as a refugee and makes contact with Abbas, who instructs him to continue to lie about his family members being killed.

A textual epilogue reveals that Amin's brother and mother eventually escaped Russia while the fate of his father remains unknown.

[20] The film was released in select theaters for New York and Los Angeles by NEON and Participant on December 3, 2021[21] with a nationwide expansion on January 21, 2022.

[24] Flee received widespread critical acclaim, with Sundance juror Kim Longinotto calling it "an instant classic" at the festival's awards ceremony.

The critics consensus reads "Depicting the refugee experience through vivid animation, Flee pushes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking to present a moving memoir of self-discovery.

[29] Parasite director Bong Joon-ho listed Flee as one of his favorite films of 2021,[30] and wrote a letter, calling it "The most moving piece of cinema I saw this year.