Birds of War
- Directed by
- Abd Alkader Habak, Janay Boulos
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
How it feels
A documentary that follows journalists and local activists documenting the war in Syria. It shows the high personal cost of bearing witness to conflict.
grittyurgentobservationalpoignantdoggedsoberingrawthought-provoking
What happens
Birds of War is a 2026 documentary film directed and written by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, and produced by Sonja Henrici, Boulos, and Habak. It premiered in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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