Greta had just turned 8 years old when she watched the unfolding of 9/11 on her tv in Stockholm. In the following months and years she saw her fellow countryman, the diplomat Hans Blix, become a major player in the global crisis, as weapons inspector for the UN.

Now, in the 21st century of wars, political extremes and the climate catastrophes, Greta reaches out to Blix, now 94 years old, to ask if he can help her make sense of the world. Does diplomacy still have a role? Or is he the last of the great negotiators?

-- Dir. Greta Stocklassa - 83min - 2023 - Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany --

"There are moments in life we remember forever. My first was 9/11. Although I was only a kid I can still recall the exact emotion I had when I saw the twin towers fall to the ground. I felt fear." - Greta Stocklassa, read more on the blog: https://truestoryfilm.blog/2025/06/13/blix-not-bombs/

"insightful and a vivid time capsule for the grim and mendacious era of the war on terror...Blix himself is good-natured and decent; his faith in the primacy of facts still has something heroic about it." - Guardian

"A warm, significant and well-deserved conversational portrait of the top Swedish diplomat Hans Blix, who stood with world history in his hands in Iraq 20 years ago." - CPH:DOX

"Greta Stocklassa asks where the limits of diplomacy, human empathy or personal responsibility for political decisions that have an impact on world history begin and end." - Ji.hlava

"Hans Blix was never possible to corrupt, and when we look at what goes on today on the world scene, we may think of him as the last uncorrupted representative of the world community, the last genuine public servant." - Modern Times Review

"A fascinating portrait made all the more complex by the clear consternation of the filmmaker, Blix Not Bombs provides unique insight into one of the more interesting if misunderstood figures from recent tumultuous times." - POV Magazine