Dr Sales has sold Canadian distribution rights for Norwegian director Tonje Hessen Schei’s “Praying for Armageddon” to LevelFilm. The deal was revealed follows the film’s North American premiere at Hot Docs Film Festival. The film made its world premiere in Cph:dox.
The film explores the power and influence of powerful U.S. fundamentalist evangelicals as they aim to fulfil the biblical prophecy of Armageddon. With close quarters journalism, the feature documentary embeds with American believers who prepare for the Holy War and exposes how powerful megachurch pastors call for the “final battle” that they believe will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. A deep dive into power and policy, the film unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. At any cost.
The film is directed by Tonje Hessen Schei, co-directed by Michael Rowley, and produced by Christian Aune Falch,...
The film explores the power and influence of powerful U.S. fundamentalist evangelicals as they aim to fulfil the biblical prophecy of Armageddon. With close quarters journalism, the feature documentary embeds with American believers who prepare for the Holy War and exposes how powerful megachurch pastors call for the “final battle” that they believe will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. A deep dive into power and policy, the film unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. At any cost.
The film is directed by Tonje Hessen Schei, co-directed by Michael Rowley, and produced by Christian Aune Falch,...
- 5/7/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
If for any reason you’ve recently been feeling complacent about global security, international relations and oh, you know, little things like the continued existence of the species, here to herald the end of all that comes Tonje Hessen Schei and Michael Rowley’s “Praying for Armageddon,” a glossy, persuasive and increasingly alarming documentary exposing the influence of the fundamentalist Christian lobby on US politics.
Loosely tracking the investigative sleuthing done by Lee Fang, a reporter at The Intercept, but also taking ample time with parachurch pastors, GOP politicians, Israeli and Palestinian observers and Mission: M25 — an evangelical biker gang who traverse the country on compact-car-sized motorcycles proselytizing and occasionally knighting one another with swords — Schei and co-director/cinematographer Rowley’s film can feel a little scattershot, as it lops off one of the Hydra heads of this malign movement, only for two or three more to sprout in its place.
Loosely tracking the investigative sleuthing done by Lee Fang, a reporter at The Intercept, but also taking ample time with parachurch pastors, GOP politicians, Israeli and Palestinian observers and Mission: M25 — an evangelical biker gang who traverse the country on compact-car-sized motorcycles proselytizing and occasionally knighting one another with swords — Schei and co-director/cinematographer Rowley’s film can feel a little scattershot, as it lops off one of the Hydra heads of this malign movement, only for two or three more to sprout in its place.
- 3/25/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Imagine not only believing the world is coming to an end, but wanting it to happen. Eagerly. Then, take it a step further and imagine people with such a mentality engineering American politics and foreign policy to bring about the very thing they seek — the apocalypse.
It may sound outlandish, but there are many well organized fundamentalist Christian leaders and their followers working hard to make this doomsday scenario a reality, an alarming movement explored in the documentary Praying for Armageddon. The film directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tonje Hessen Schei and co-directed by Michael Rowley makes its world premiere Monday night at the prestigious Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen.
‘Praying for Armageddon’ director Tonje Hessen Schei
“What they are really pushing for is the destruction of our civilization. It’s quite outrageous and mind blowing, really,” Schei tells Deadline as we sit at a café in Copenhagen. “And I don’t...
It may sound outlandish, but there are many well organized fundamentalist Christian leaders and their followers working hard to make this doomsday scenario a reality, an alarming movement explored in the documentary Praying for Armageddon. The film directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tonje Hessen Schei and co-directed by Michael Rowley makes its world premiere Monday night at the prestigious Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen.
‘Praying for Armageddon’ director Tonje Hessen Schei
“What they are really pushing for is the destruction of our civilization. It’s quite outrageous and mind blowing, really,” Schei tells Deadline as we sit at a café in Copenhagen. “And I don’t...
- 3/20/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Don’t expect to see Roger Stone at the Cph:dox premiere of “A Storm Foretold.”
In the documentary, directed by Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen, Stone’s efforts to aid former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election are captured.
“(Roger) has threatened us with a $25 million lawsuit, and he’s called me fat,” says Guldbrandsen. “Right now, we are communicating through our lawyers.”
“A Storm Foretold” along with “Praying for Armageddon” and “Victim/Suspect” are three films screening at Cph:dox that explore America’s political, legal and cultural underbelly.
Guldbrandsen and cinematographer Frederik Marbell began filming Stone, Trump’s former advisor, in 2018. They followed the Republican kingmaker in the final months of the Trump administration, which culminated in the storming of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.
(In 2022, the House committee investigation into the assault on the Capitol subpoenaed footage from Guldbrandsen and Marbell. Ultimately, the committee received approximately 10 minutes out...
In the documentary, directed by Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen, Stone’s efforts to aid former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election are captured.
“(Roger) has threatened us with a $25 million lawsuit, and he’s called me fat,” says Guldbrandsen. “Right now, we are communicating through our lawyers.”
“A Storm Foretold” along with “Praying for Armageddon” and “Victim/Suspect” are three films screening at Cph:dox that explore America’s political, legal and cultural underbelly.
Guldbrandsen and cinematographer Frederik Marbell began filming Stone, Trump’s former advisor, in 2018. They followed the Republican kingmaker in the final months of the Trump administration, which culminated in the storming of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.
(In 2022, the House committee investigation into the assault on the Capitol subpoenaed footage from Guldbrandsen and Marbell. Ultimately, the committee received approximately 10 minutes out...
- 3/17/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The documentary explores the power and influence of fundamentalist evangelicals in the US
Screen can reveal the first trailer for Tonje Hessen Schei and Michael Rowley’s documentary Praying For Armageddon which world premieres at Cph:dox in the F:act Award strand.
The Norwegian film explores the power and influence of fundamentalist evangelicals in the US who look to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. It is produced by UpNorth Film.
Schei’s previous credits include Drone and iHuman. Rowley previously directed Hurdle.
Cph:dox 2023 runs March 15-26.
Cph:dox full 2023 programme includes over 100 world premieres for 20th anniversary...
Screen can reveal the first trailer for Tonje Hessen Schei and Michael Rowley’s documentary Praying For Armageddon which world premieres at Cph:dox in the F:act Award strand.
The Norwegian film explores the power and influence of fundamentalist evangelicals in the US who look to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. It is produced by UpNorth Film.
Schei’s previous credits include Drone and iHuman. Rowley previously directed Hurdle.
Cph:dox 2023 runs March 15-26.
Cph:dox full 2023 programme includes over 100 world premieres for 20th anniversary...
- 3/14/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Kendal “Climbing Blind,” from Alastair Lee, took the Grand Prize at the 2019 Kendal Mountain Festival on Saturday. Detailing the ascent of a vertical rock pillar, the film revealed how a blind mountaineer led the climb, assisted only by a sight-partner a rope length below. The film had particular significance for a British audience, which had watched the climb in 1967 as an early outside broadcast undertaken by expert mountaineers. “Climbing Blind” showed not only how blindness was no impediment to the driven and the fearless, but also how it was the leading climber who required the greatest strength and faced the highest risks.
The Best Short Film prize went to “Fear of the Unknown,” from Daniel Brereton, and continued the theme of overcoming disability, using the outdoors as a part of the recovery process during the treatment of depression in an individual going through a program of therapy.
“Scenes From a Dry City,...
The Best Short Film prize went to “Fear of the Unknown,” from Daniel Brereton, and continued the theme of overcoming disability, using the outdoors as a part of the recovery process during the treatment of depression in an individual going through a program of therapy.
“Scenes From a Dry City,...
- 11/18/2019
- by George Bird
- Variety Film + TV
What’s it like to practice a sport build on freedom and expression in a highly oppressive environment where being a young man equals having a target on your back? This is the central question of Michael Rowley’s Hurdle, an evocative documentary exploring the lives of a Palestinian parkour team and their two teachers Sami and Mohammad. Unlike the young man at the center of Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar–a narrative drama in which a young man used parkour-like tactics to scale barriers that keep him from his love–they use the sport as a means of freedom of expression. Boxed in by walls that would appear to tower six stories, they face unprecedented political oppression as the occupation turns fifty and grows increasingly violent.
Hurdle mixes politics and history in both Jerusalem (where Sami leads his team) and in the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The...
Hurdle mixes politics and history in both Jerusalem (where Sami leads his team) and in the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The...
- 11/13/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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