NATO Behind-the-Scenes Doc ‘Facing War’ Boarded by Cats & Docs: ‘It’s Like a Big Family and Most Families Are Dysfunctional,’ Director Says (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnnika Pham At a time when NATO faces an unprecedented crisis threatening its very existence, “Facing War,” due to open Copenhagen’s leading documentary festival CPH:DOX March 19, takes a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the military alliance’s war room.
The trailer debuts below. Norwegian docu director Tommy Gulliksen, working alone, was allowed exceptional access to the organization’s inner sanctum through the current Norwegian finance minister and former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, viewed as “one of the great diplomatic beacons,” as stated by CPH:DOX.
Dubbed the “Trump-whisperer” by his fellow NATO colleagues for his ability to engage with the U.S. President during the latter’s first term in office, Stoltenberg was convinced by former U.S.
President Joe Biden in 2023 to extend by a year his nine-year tenure as NATO secretary general to make sure the 32 member states would stay united, in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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