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Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s documentary A Storm Foretold takes a look inside the political machinations of Donald Trump’s long-time adviser, Roger Stone. Over the course of three years, from Stone’s 2019 indictment through the aftermath of the 2020 election, Guldbrandsen’s cameras follow the infamous “dirty trickster” as political tensions mount in America.

Stone made his career by pushing boundaries and playing hardball in GOP politics. As an outside consultant, he advised Republicans on impactful, though sometimes underhanded, strategies. This approach served him well for decades, but it also attracted many critics. By the time of Trump’s 2016 campaign, Stone had developed a reputation as one of Washington’s most controversial figures. His no-holds-barred style helped engineer Trump’s surprise victory, yet it also put him on a collision course with the law.

The film profiles Stone as the Russiagate investigation ensnares him and several key Trump allies. Despite facing felony charges,...

The documentary A Storm Foretold offers a look at the lead-up to the violent events of January 6, 2021, when the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement culminated in a riot at the US Capitol. The film, directed by Christoffer Guldbrandsen, follows political events in the US from October 2018, with a focus on Trump’s political […]

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Film-maker Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s A Storm Foretold gives unsettling new insight into Donald Trump’s longtime ally

Democrat in contact with FBI after Roger Stone’s alleged death threat

Making a film about Roger Stone very nearly killed Christoffer Guldbrandsen and that, for once, is not a bit of Stone or Trump-style hyperbole.

Guldbrandsen’s 91-minute documentary A Storm Foretold takes a shocking swerve when CCTV footage shows him suffering a heart attack, losing consciousness and collapsing on the floor of a gym, where people rush to his aid. A heart surgeon who happened to be working out saved the Danish film-maker’s life.

It’s quiet for specialty openings after the holidays, in the thick of awards season. But one film needed this weekend — Abramorama documentary A Storm Foretold by Danish director Christoffer Guldbrandsen about the Maga movement and the Jan. 6 insurrection. The filmmaker captured footage over years of on-and-off access to Roger Stone.

It’s booked for over 20 rolling playdates in the next two weeks so far including the Quad Cinema in New York where Guldbrandsen will be holding Q&As all weekend.

Stone was former president Donald Trump’s closest political confidante and the film spans several years through Jan. 6, 2021. As Congress gathered that day to approve the election and declare Joe Biden the winner, less than a mile away, Donald Trump was urging a crowd to march towards the Capitol. Hours later, five people were killed and 141 wounded. With Stone as its central character, A Storm Foretold sees the storming...

Back in September, Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on “seditious conspiracy” charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, raid of the U.S. Capitol.

According to the Justice Department, the far-right group “played a central role in setting the January 6th attack on our Capitol into motion,” and as its leader, Tarrio created a special group within the militant organization called the Ministry of Self Defense that “established a chain of command, chose a time and place for their attack, and...

Exclusive: Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to A Storm Foretold, a documentary about Trump adviser Roger Stone that becomes more urgent as the 2024 presidential election inches closer with every passing day.

Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen directed the documentary, which is based on intimate access he gained to Stone over a sustained period beginning in 2018, in the middle of Trump’s presidency. He was with Stone right up through the 2020 election and he documented the self-described political dirty trickster’s attempts to sow doubts about the election results.

The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack plays footage shot by Christoffer Guldbrandsen.

Interestingly, while that footage was screened in the context of the Jan. 6 committee hearings, A Storm Foretold has yet to be seen by American audiences. Guldbrandsen’s U.S. premiere, set for this past September at the Camden International Film Festival, was canceled after...

Danish filmmaker Cristoffer Guldbrandsen, director of the documentary A Storm Foretold, has been on a journey into the heart of darkness of American politics.

His voyage over several years put him in close contact with Trump whisperer Roger Stone, landed him in the middle of the Select Congressional Committee’s investigation into the January 6 insurrection, and, at one point, almost cost him his life.

Guldbrandsen says his mission began with a desire to understand what was going on in the U.S., formerly a paragon of democratic ideals that had tilted dangerously toward nationalism and authoritarianism under President Trump.

Director Christoffer Guldbrandsen

“That was my motivation was to try to understand it, to charge at it,” he tells Deadline. “The knee-jerk reaction was, ‘What is going on with the Americans?’ It’s obviously not my fight. I’m not a part of it, but there’s no question of what...

Update: Power was restored to the Camden Opera House as of Sunday morning — and sunshine was restored to coast Maine. Today’s screenings at festival venues are proceeding as per normal; the Sunday lineup of screenings at the opera house, where power had gone out on Saturday, includes Dawn Porter’s The Lady Bird Diaries and The Arc of Oblivion, directed by Ian Cheney. The in-person portion of the festival wraps today; the virtual component runs from Sept. 18-25.

Update: Ciff Executive and Artistic Director Ben Fowlie and Board Chair Caroline von Kuhn sent a message to festivalgoers this afternoon, thanking them for their “patience and support as we navigate the impacts that weather and power outages have had on our programs.” The message noted, “When the power went out at the Camden Opera House this morning at the beloved Points North Pitch, the standing ovation for the Points North...

“It’s the place to be for non-fiction,” as one attendee put it.

A high-quality Dox:Award competition is augmenting Cph:dox’s position as the go-to documentary event of the season according to industry attendees, as its 2023 edition came to a close this weekend.

“With some festivals becoming more cutting-edge politically and artistically, we do need a place we can distribute titles, where there is a demand for the best programmes for existing and new audiences,” said Esther van Messel, founder and CEO at Swiss production, sales and distribution company First Hand Films, who said the event is ”gearing up to...

In recent years, self-proclaimed Trump svengali and pinstripe enthusiast Roger Stone has often been compared to DC Comics character the Penguin. Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s “A Storm Foretold,” a wild-ride doc that grants all-areas access to Stone over a three-year period starting with his 2019 indictment and subsequent pardon, suggests this is not strictly fair. For one thing, as the film begins, Stone is smoking the chunkiest cigar you have ever seen, rather than the more canonically acceptable cigarette holder wielded by the cartoon villain. For another, while Stone has more enemies that you can shake a fat stogie at, no single superhero has yet emerged to challenge him. If he is the Penguin, shouldn’t there also be a Batman?

Stone is introduced to us sitting on his back patio in relaxed, garrulous form. One would almost say “genial” except that from the start, Stone’s relationship with Guldbrandsen, who is...

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...