Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Birth : 1981-05-19, Kalundborg, Denmark
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Jonas Poher Rasmussen (born May 19, 1981; Kalundborg) is a Danish filmmaker, most noted for his Oscar-nominated animated-documentary 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 CPH:DOX, 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.
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Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.
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Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.
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In 1988, emerging Danish playwright Jens Michael Schau killed his partner of 13 years, the acclaimed author Christian Kampmann, in a fit of jealous rage. The scandal gripped the nation as Schau pleaded guilty and accepted his prison sentence. Now released, Schau is a remorseful recluse who fears the gaze of friends he and Kampmann once shared. Under the weight of his conscience, he has never broken his silence about his horrifying act, until now.
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In 1988, emerging Danish playwright Jens Michael Schau killed his partner of 13 years, the acclaimed author Christian Kampmann, in a fit of jealous rage. The scandal gripped the nation as Schau pleaded guilty and accepted his prison sentence. Now released, Schau is a remorseful recluse who fears the gaze of friends he and Kampmann once shared. Under the weight of his conscience, he has never broken his silence about his horrifying act, until now.
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Bob Maser has had his car and money stolen by a con man called Bill. The car is found in Detroit and Bob leaves his home and family to go and reclaim it. In the car he finds Bill's old notebook filled with names, phone numbers, addresses, odd drawings and texts. Bob decides to try to track Bill down to see justice happen.
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Bob Maser has had his car and money stolen by a con man called Bill. The car is found in Detroit and Bob leaves his home and family to go and reclaim it. In the car he finds Bill's old notebook filled with names, phone numbers, addresses, odd drawings and texts. Bob decides to try to track Bill down to see justice happen.
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In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his hands. People meet in the intimacy of hotel rooms, secrets are revealed and unexpected events merge into a dramatic tale of love and longing.
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Having left the secrets of a troubled past behind him, Peter has a new life ahead of him. He has a nice girlfriend and a good job working at a green house. But all this is threatened when Peter and his girlfriend meet a strange man at the supermarket and Peter's past slowly comes to light. Peter is forced to decide: should he hide is demons or should he open up and tell his girlfriend the truth?
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Having left the secrets of a troubled past behind him, Peter has a new life ahead of him. He has a nice girlfriend and a good job working at a green house. But all this is threatened when Peter and his girlfriend meet a strange man at the supermarket and Peter's past slowly comes to light. Peter is forced to decide: should he hide is demons or should he open up and tell his girlfriend the truth?
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Fusing documentary and fiction, the film depicts the lives of children trying to survive the aftermath of war in Kosovo by selling cigarettes on the street. Through monologues performed by the children against the eerie backdrops of Pristina, the film tells their gripping and sad story of memory, loss and fear.
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Andreas is warned by a mysterious stranger that his best friend Jannik is in danger. That's all he remembers from his night on the town last night. Was it something he dreamed? When the pieces start to fall into place, he realizes that everything he does is helping to facilitate his friends tragedy. with a circular approach to time, 'The Day After' plays with the idea of causality and the difficulties of accepting wrong doing.
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Andreas is warned by a mysterious stranger that his best friend Jannik is in danger. That's all he remembers from his night on the town last night. Was it something he dreamed? When the pieces start to fall into place, he realizes that everything he does is helping to facilitate his friends tragedy. with a circular approach to time, 'The Day After' plays with the idea of causality and the difficulties of accepting wrong doing.
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24-year-old Bobby tries to save a peer, a young man's life. The dying tells Bobby that he was adopted as a child and has never seen his biological mother. Bobby seeks out the man's mother, Gudrun, and pretends to be her son. First she refuses Bobby, but admits her responsibility and invites Bobby to be a part of her family.
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A moving portrait of one of the most loved and read Danish poets, Halfdan Rasmussen. The film covers both the early years with poverty and wartime on to success and the humorous nonsense verses that has made Rasmussen one of the most read authors in Denmark.
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A moving portrait of one of the most loved and read Danish poets, Halfdan Rasmussen. The film covers both the early years with poverty and wartime on to success and the humorous nonsense verses that has made Rasmussen one of the most read authors in Denmark.
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A moving portrait of one of the most loved and read Danish poets, Halfdan Rasmussen. The film covers both the early years with poverty and wartime on to success and the humorous nonsense verses that has made Rasmussen one of the most read authors in Denmark.
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