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May wrap-up reel for Birds of War 🕊️❤️🎬 It’s been a powerful festival run, meeting beautiful audiences wherever we’ve gone and making meaningful connections along the way. Grateful for all. Can’t wait for what June holds 🕊️❤️🎬

A lot happened across the ocean 🌊
I took a stand against killing journalists, read a magazine about guns, bought my first-ever cinema ticket for my own film 🎟️ and found a very exciting surprise in a goodie bag 🚬. I saw my best friend, she saw my film, we laughed, we cried… and yes, I became that person with a camera flash in the cinema during @birdsofwar.film 🔦

A lot happened across the ocean 🌊
I took a stand against killing journalists, read a magazine about guns, bought my first-ever cinema ticket for my own film 🎟️ and found a very exciting surprise in a goodie bag 🚬. I saw my best friend, she saw my film, we laughed, we cried… and yes, I became that person with a camera flash in the cinema during @birdsofwar.film 🔦

A lot happened across the ocean 🌊
I took a stand against killing journalists, read a magazine about guns, bought my first-ever cinema ticket for my own film 🎟️ and found a very exciting surprise in a goodie bag 🚬. I saw my best friend, she saw my film, we laughed, we cried… and yes, I became that person with a camera flash in the cinema during @birdsofwar.film 🔦

A lot happened across the ocean 🌊
I took a stand against killing journalists, read a magazine about guns, bought my first-ever cinema ticket for my own film 🎟️ and found a very exciting surprise in a goodie bag 🚬. I saw my best friend, she saw my film, we laughed, we cried… and yes, I became that person with a camera flash in the cinema during @birdsofwar.film 🔦

A lot happened across the ocean 🌊
I took a stand against killing journalists, read a magazine about guns, bought my first-ever cinema ticket for my own film 🎟️ and found a very exciting surprise in a goodie bag 🚬. I saw my best friend, she saw my film, we laughed, we cried… and yes, I became that person with a camera flash in the cinema during @birdsofwar.film 🔦

A lot happened across the ocean 🌊
I took a stand against killing journalists, read a magazine about guns, bought my first-ever cinema ticket for my own film 🎟️ and found a very exciting surprise in a goodie bag 🚬. I saw my best friend, she saw my film, we laughed, we cried… and yes, I became that person with a camera flash in the cinema during @birdsofwar.film 🔦

A lot happened across the ocean 🌊
I took a stand against killing journalists, read a magazine about guns, bought my first-ever cinema ticket for my own film 🎟️ and found a very exciting surprise in a goodie bag 🚬. I saw my best friend, she saw my film, we laughed, we cried… and yes, I became that person with a camera flash in the cinema during @birdsofwar.film 🔦

👏🏼We’re honoured to have won the @siffnews Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary Competition.

Grateful, humbled, still flying 🕊️❤️🎬

👏🏼We’re honoured to have won the @siffnews Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary Competition.

Grateful, humbled, still flying 🕊️❤️🎬

🕊️❤️🎬Birds of War festival circuit this May - From Bay Area to Seattle, Poland, and Florida.

📍Details + tickets — link in bio🔗

🕊️❤️🎬Birds of War festival circuit this May - From Bay Area to Seattle, Poland, and Florida.

📍Details + tickets — link in bio🔗

Thank you to BIRDS OF WAR co-director Janay Boulos for sharing this beautiful, courageous film—shifting the focus from war as politics to the real people whose lives are forever changed by it.

@birdsofwar.film

Two of the three documentary films we represent playing at @siffnews are in the doc competition! @birdsofwar.film and @theyofilm Both are award winners (Sundance and @berlinale , respectively) and both are amazing. Both teams of #FILMMAKERS are coming to the festival!! Get your tickets now, spread the word, bring your best friends, have a box of tissues at the ready, and be reminded of the power of #LOVE from two vastly different perspectives! @janayboulos @abd_alkader_habak @sonjahenrici @bankerwhite @fitch.anna @siffbeth @lillard_amy @seethroughfilmsofficial @wafilmworks @pickfordfilm @nwfilmforum (bonus-Director Anna Fitch is from Seattle and Bellingham!!)

Two of the three documentary films we represent playing at @siffnews are in the doc competition! @birdsofwar.film and @theyofilm Both are award winners (Sundance and @berlinale , respectively) and both are amazing. Both teams of #FILMMAKERS are coming to the festival!! Get your tickets now, spread the word, bring your best friends, have a box of tissues at the ready, and be reminded of the power of #LOVE from two vastly different perspectives! @janayboulos @abd_alkader_habak @sonjahenrici @bankerwhite @fitch.anna @siffbeth @lillard_amy @seethroughfilmsofficial @wafilmworks @pickfordfilm @nwfilmforum (bonus-Director Anna Fitch is from Seattle and Bellingham!!)

April, you have been truly humbling for the team behind Birds of War 🕊️❤️🎬

– Won the Audience Award at @visionsdureel 🏆
– Closed the @humanrightsfilmfestival.berlin with a full minute standing ovation 👏
– Visited the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 🇪🇺
– Screened at festivals across the globe, from @hotdocs_to @slofilmfest 🌍

Grateful for every cinema, every conversation, every audience.

May… we’re ready for you 👀

April, you have been truly humbling for the team behind Birds of War 🕊️❤️🎬

– Won the Audience Award at @visionsdureel 🏆
– Closed the @humanrightsfilmfestival.berlin with a full minute standing ovation 👏
– Visited the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 🇪🇺
– Screened at festivals across the globe, from @hotdocs_to @slofilmfest 🌍

Grateful for every cinema, every conversation, every audience.

May… we’re ready for you 👀

April, you have been truly humbling for the team behind Birds of War 🕊️❤️🎬

– Won the Audience Award at @visionsdureel 🏆
– Closed the @humanrightsfilmfestival.berlin with a full minute standing ovation 👏
– Visited the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 🇪🇺
– Screened at festivals across the globe, from @hotdocs_to @slofilmfest 🌍

Grateful for every cinema, every conversation, every audience.

May… we’re ready for you 👀

April, you have been truly humbling for the team behind Birds of War 🕊️❤️🎬

– Won the Audience Award at @visionsdureel 🏆
– Closed the @humanrightsfilmfestival.berlin with a full minute standing ovation 👏
– Visited the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 🇪🇺
– Screened at festivals across the globe, from @hotdocs_to @slofilmfest 🌍

Grateful for every cinema, every conversation, every audience.

May… we’re ready for you 👀

Yesterday I went to @tiff_net . I went to go see @hotdocs_ . The movie was so good @birdsofwar.film I give the movie 10/10 👍#film #movies #downtown #tiff @hd_volunteers

Yesterday I went to @tiff_net . I went to go see @hotdocs_ . The movie was so good @birdsofwar.film I give the movie 10/10 👍#film #movies #downtown #tiff @hd_volunteers

🇬🇧It’s coming home! The UK Premiere of Birds of War 🕊️❤️🎬

We’re beyond excited (and honestly a little emotional) to share that our film has been selected for @sheffdocfest 2026 as part of the Tim Hetherington Award competition.

📍Details + tickets — link in bio 🔗

🇬🇧It’s coming home! The UK Premiere of Birds of War 🕊️❤️🎬

We’re beyond excited (and honestly a little emotional) to share that our film has been selected for @sheffdocfest 2026 as part of the Tim Hetherington Award competition.

📍Details + tickets — link in bio 🔗

Honoured to represent Birds of War at the Parliamentary Assembly of the @councilofeurope following our recognition at the @filmfestivalgr , where we received the Human Rights in Motion Award.

We had the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions around the ongoing Israeli war on Lebanon and the evolving situation in Syria in the aftermath of the Assad regime.

This moment goes beyond our film, it’s about the urgent realities it reflects. Grateful for the space to bring this story into dialogue with policymakers and human rights advocates.

🎬 We had the privilege of hosting the German premiere of @birdsofwar.film at our Award Ceremony last week. Thank you to the directors, authors, and protagonists Janay and Abd Alkader for joining us in Berlin and reminding us that sharing stories remains one of the strongest tools to fight back against dominant narratives. ✨

#BirdsofWar #HRFFB #HumanRightsFilmFestivalBerlin #WhereStoriesFightBack

The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.

We’re very happy to welcome the directors Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak to Berlin for film talks following selected screenings, where you will have the opportunity to ask questions and gain deeper insights into the film and its themes.

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Die Liebesgeschichte einer in London lebenden libanesischen Journalistin und eines syrischen Kameramanns – erzählt anhand von 13 Jahren persönlicher Archive über Revolution, Krieg und Exil hinweg.

Wir freuen uns sehr, die Regisseurin Janay Boulosund und den Regisseur Abd Alkader Habak für Filmgespräche im Anschluss an ausgewählte Filmvorführungen in Berlin begrüßen zu dürfen – eine besondere Gelegenheit, Fragen zu stellen und tiefere Einblicke in den Film und seine Themen zu gewinnen.

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