Birds of War

Directed by

Abd Alkader Habak, Janay Boulos

Runtime

1h 32m

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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.

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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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