Film Forum will present the US theatrical premiere of Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber’s WAR GAME, opening on Friday, August 2.

What will happen on January 6, 2025, when Congress convenes to certify the 2024 presidential election? Will the duly-elected candidate be confirmed, or will another — more successful — attempt to subvert the democratic process unfold? Will government leaders be prepared? The ex-government and military participants of WAR GAME (Steve Bullock, Heidi Heitkamp, and Wesley Clark, et alia) play out an immersive, fully-staged simulation in the White House Situation Room, as they are confronted by a coup launched by rogue elements within the U.S. military (one in five criminal defendants of the ’21 Capitol attack were military veterans). Collaborating with the non-partisan organization Vet Voice, directors Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber (FULL BATTLE RATTLE) expertly craft this credible nightmare — gaming out the unthinkable in a heartstopping race to save democracy.

WAR GAME had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and went on to play at CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival), DC/DOX documentary film festival, and more.

Jesse Moss’s films include the Oscar®-shortlisted documentary BOYS STATE (Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary), THE OVERNIGHTERS (Sundance Special Jury Prize) and THE MISSION. Tony Gerber, an Emmy and PGA award-winning filmmaker, has directed over a dozen films for NatGeo. His feature docs include FULL BATTLE RATTLE, co-directed with Moss, THE NOTORIOUS MR. BOUT (Sundance Film Festival official selection), and he produced the Oscar®-shortlisted, Emmy-nominated documentary TAKEOVER.