Praying for Armageddon

Name: Praying for Armageddon
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei,Michael Rowley
Released: 2023

Tonje Hessen Schei Michael Rowley 2023

A political thriller that reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy.
Close-quarters journalism 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.
The film highlights the devastating impact religion wields on U.S. foreign policy, uncovering how the Evangelicals fuel the volatile situation in Israel and Palestine – ultimately escalating the spirals of violence in the Middle East, with an aim to destroy our civilization.
Faith-driven politicians embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. At any cost.

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Running Time:

104 min.

Spoken Languages:

Arabic, English, Hebrew

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Tonje Hessen Schei Michael Rowley

Producers:

Christian Aune Falch, Torstein Parelius, Ingrid Aune Falch

Cinematographers:

Michael Rowley

Editors:

Torkel Gjørv, NFK, Matti Näränen, FCE

Production Companies:

UpNorth Film

Conflicts

Current Affairs

Investigative Journalism

Israeli-Palestinian Co..

Middle Eastern Studies

Politics

Religion and Spiritual..

Society

War

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Variety

A glossy, persuasive and increasingly alarming documentary exposing the influence of the fundamentalist Christian lobby on US politics.

Jessica Kiang
Deadline

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.

Matthew Carey
Screen Daily

The film raises the alarm about the proportion of American politicians sympathetic to a Doomsday mindset that prefers the idea of conflict in the Middle East to that of a de-escalation of tensions... (it) should serve as a call to arms for common sense.

Wendy Ide
cineuropa

Watching Tonje Hessen Schei’s latest documentary Praying for Armageddon is, without mincing words, a very disturbing experience

Davide Abbatescianni
POV Magazine

Praying for Armageddon works best as an introductory lesson on the dangerous influence U.S. evangelicals have on modern politics. The film provides a solid understanding of the power Christian fundamentalists have amassed in their quest to expedite the Second Coming of Christ

Courtney Small
Hye's Musings

A cohesive and thought provoking film from the editing, music and direction

Festival Participation

CPH:DOX (Denmark) - 2023
Nominee F:ACT Award
Gullruten (Norway) - 2024
Nominee Gullruten Best Documentary Film
It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival (Brazil) - 2023
Nominee It's All True Trophy International Competition: Best Feature or Medium-Length Documentary
Festival des Libertés (Belgium) - 2023
Winner Centre-d'Action-Laique-Prize Best Film
Hot Docs (Canada) - 2023
Millennium Docs Against Gravity (Poland) - 2023
The Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund - 2023
AMANDA - Norwegian's Oscar's - 2024
Nominee AMANDA Best Documentary Film
AMANDA - Norwegian's Oscar's - 2024
Nominee AMANDA Best Editing

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