Former NATO Chief to Debate Future of Western Military Alliance With Danish Prime Minister at Copenhagen Documentary Festival
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor The world premiere of “Facing War,” the opening film of Copenhagen documentary film festival CPH:DOX, will be followed by a discussion between Jens Stoltenberg, the former NATO secretary general and current Norwegian finance minister – who is the subject of the film – and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
The pair will discuss the film and the future of the NATO alliance. The conversation will take place in the Conservatory Concert Hall in Copenhagen on March 19.
Both the film and the conversation will be live streamed simultaneously in a large number of cinemas and cultural centers across Denmark. “Facing War,” directed by Tommy Gulliksen, follows Stoltenberg over the course of his last year as NATO secretary general.
Originally scheduled to step down in 2023 after nine years in the role, the Norwegian diplomat was persuaded by then U.S. President Joe Biden to stay on for another year in the face of growing divisions between the alliance’s member states following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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