Director
Tommy Gulliksen
Executive Producers
Jim & Susan Swartz, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Jenny Raskin, Tonje Hessen Schei
Producers
Anne Marte Blindheim, Danielle Turkov Wilson
Editors
Erik Treimann, Margrete Vinnem, Øistein Bloch Haukeland
Consulting Editor
Co-Editor
Assistant Editor
Cinematographers
Tommy Gulliksen, Øistein Bloch Haukeland
Additional Cinematography
Music
Röyksopp (Torbjørn Brundtland, Svein Berge)
Sound
Narration
Contact
Maëlle Guenegues maelle@catndocs.com
As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, then U.S. President Joe Biden persuades Jens Stoltenberg to extend his tenure as NATO Secretary General for one final year. During a visit to Kyiv, Stoltenberg vows that the Alliance will stand by Ukraine “for as long as it takes.” But as Western support falters and divisions among allies deepen, this promise is increasingly at risk. With NATO decisions requiring unanimous approval, Stoltenberg must navigate conflicts and rally member nations behind him.
With unprecedented access to NATO’s inner sanctum, FACING WAR takes viewers inside the high-stakes power struggles between global leaders like Biden, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The film chronicles the delicate art of diplomacy in a time when safety and democracy are at stake.
Can Stoltenberg keep his word to Zelensky?
Tommy Gulliksen is a Norwegian film director who studied arts and journalism at Oslo University College. He is best known for his award-winning documentary En liten øy i verden (2011), the series Da vi styrte landet (2017), the award-winning documentaries Liberation Day (2016) and War of Art (2019). Gulliksen is co-founder of the Norwegian production company DOX Division.