Tommy Gulliksen’s documentary “Facing War,” which depicts Jens Stoltenberg’s final year as NATO secretary general, has been selected as the opening film of the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, a.k.a. Cph:dox. The festival runs March 19-30.
“Facing War” will also compete for Cph:dox’s main prize, the Dox:award, which recognizes the best documentary. The film will have its world premiere in the concert hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music on March 19.
“In a time when new global political crises are piling up, and the Western world’s defense alliance seems to be unraveling, Jens Stoltenberg is regarded as one of the great diplomatic beacons,” the festival commented. Originally, he was set to step down as NATO’s secretary general at the end of his term, but with a war in Europe and the prospect of growing divisions among the alliance’s member states, the…