FACING WAR
Norway 2025 – Director: Tommy Gulliksen – Original language: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English – Length: 103 min.
NATO’s Secretary General Stoltenberg travels a lot. Whether it is in Brussels or Washington or Kyiv, FACING WAR is present in the back rooms of power, at state receptions and briefings with advisors to prepare new rounds of negotiations to support Ukraine. A portrait of a thoroughbred politician who places his faith in the power of democracy. Silvia Bauer
German premiere
Biography
The Norwegian filmmaker and producer trained as a journalist in Oslo and worked for many years in TV documentary formats. Tommy Gulliksen became known for his documentary trilogy about the terrorist attack in Utøya on 22 July 2011.
Filmography (selection)
VEGG VEGG VEEG, NO 2022, 90 min.
WAR OF ART, NO, DE 2019, 102 min.
GATEGUTT, NO 2010, 45 min.
No youth rating
Writer: Tommy Gulliksen, Anne Marte Blindheim. Camera: Tommy Gulliksen, Øistein Bloch Haukeland. Sound: Odin Eggen Brække, Vidar Hemmingsen, Ivo Moraga, Håkon Lilledal Østmoe. Editing: Øistein Bloch Haukeland, Erik Treimann, Margrete Vinnem. Music: Svein Berge, Torbjörn Brundtland. Production: Dox Division. Producer: Anne Marte Blindheim. International Sales: Norwegian Film Institute.
