Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Jonas Poher Rasmussen born May 19 1981 Kalundborg is a Danish filmmaker most noted for his Oscarnominated animateddocumentary film Flee 2021 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 feature film debut Searching for Bill a mix of documentary and fiction won him the Nordic Dox award at CPHDOX and the international competition prize at DocAviv In November 2015 he premiered his documentary What He Did which won the prestigious Fipresci Int Federation of Film Critics at Thessaloniki Film Fest 2016 His film Flee 2021 an animated documentary about a close friend was officially selected for Cannes 2020 won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance the best doc prize at Gothenburg and the Cristal award at Annecy among others Also Flee 2021 made history by being nominated for an 94th Academy Awards in three categories in same year Best International Film Best Animated Film and Best Documentary