Birds of War
🎥 2026 Sundance Winner | Feature Documentary 🌟
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FESTIVALS PRESS “Birds of War is a touching love story that finds hope and heart in the bonds that bring people together, even during conflicts designed to
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From besieged Aleppo to the confines of a London newsroom, Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist/cameraman Abd Alkader Habak retrace their love story through a vast personal archive spanning 13 years of revolution, war, and exile. Can their love survive distance, danger, and difference?
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist and cameraman Abd Alkader Habak share their extraordinary love story, told through 13 years of personal archives spanning revolutions, war, and exile.
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Millenium Docs Against Gravity
A cinematic portrait of the love between Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, told through 13 years of their personal archives documenting war, revolution, and life in exile.
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Sheffield DocFest
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The Syria Lebanon themed documentary 'Birds of War,' directed by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, tells an unlikely love story.
POV Magazine
POV Magazine
Birds of War review: journalists Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak chart their journey from colleagues to love birds while covering the war in Syria.
Business Doc Europe
Business Doc Europe
Birds of War tells the story of the love affair between a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman.
The New Arab
The New Arab
Film Review: Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak turn personal archives into a living document of love, journalism, and survival across Syria, Lebanon, and exile
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In the midst of ongoing political chaos, to see a beacon of light emerge from within doesn't just make for a compelling film.
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Sundance 2026 Review: ‘Birds of War’ is an engaging portrait of journalism turned love in wartime from Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak.
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THE STORY – 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. THE CAST – N/A THE TEAM – Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak (Directors/Writers) THE RUNNING TIME – 85 Minutes Revolution and romance intersect in […]
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