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‘Facing War,’ Documentary on Former NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg, to Open CPH:DOX
“Facing War,” which depicts Jens Stoltenberg’s final year as NATO secretary general, has been selected as the opening film of CPH:DOX.
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 Norwegian top diplomat was persuaded by the then-U.S. president to remain in the position. “We are delighted to kick off this year’s festival with the world premiere of such a highly relevant film, which takes us deep behind the diplomatic negotiations and twists that followed—and continue to follow—in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At a time when the rules-based world order, established after 1945, is under serious pressure, the importance of diplomacy and stable international alliances that have upheld it is as clear as ever,” Niklas Engstrøm, artistic director of CPH:DOX, said.
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