Outrage as NATO Holds Secret Meetings with Film Directors – What Are They Planning?

The NATO military alliance is reportedly holding a series of closed meetings with professionals from the television and film industries across Europe and the United States (US). This move has triggered accusations that the military bloc is attempting to exploit artistic works to spread fear and propaganda.

Citing a Russia Today (RT) report referencing The Guardian, the military bloc has held three private meetings with directors, producers, and screenwriters in Los Angeles, Brussels, and Paris. NATO even plans to meet with members of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) in London next month to discuss the evolving security situation in Europe.

“The upcoming meeting is clearly propaganda,” said Irish film writer Alan O’Gorman, responding to NATO’s secretive approach, quoted on Monday (4/5/2026).

O’Gorman believes there is currently an effort to spread fear across Europe claiming that territorial defences are weak. He also sees pressure from the media and governments to portray NATO positively so that the public sides with the military alliance.

So far, these secret conversations have reportedly “inspired” at least three separate film projects. However, many screenwriters feel offended, believing that art is being used to support a war narrative.

“Screenwriters feel deeply offended because art is being used in a way that supports war, and they feel asked to contribute to NATO propaganda,” added O’Gorman.

On the other hand, this Washington-led military bloc is experiencing increasingly large internal cracks. US President Donald Trump recently dubbed NATO a “paper tiger” again after several member states refused to join the war against Iran in recent months.

Tensions between European NATO member states and the US have also been exacerbated by Trump’s previous threats to annex Denmark’s autonomous territory, Greenland. This situation has brought the alliance’s internal stability to its lowest point.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also issued a stark warning about the alliance’s current condition. According to him, the greatest threat facing the bloc comes from within the organisation itself.

“The greatest threat facing this bloc right now does not come from external enemies, but from the ongoing disintegration within it,” Tusk emphasised last Saturday.