Like a flower that somehow emerges through concrete, love can blossom even in a space of unfathomable violence.
That is the hopeful theme of Birds of War, the documentary directed by Janay Boulous and Abd Alkader Habak that just won four awards at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece after earning a Special Jury Award at Sundance in January. The film tells the story of how an unlikely romance developed between Boulos, a native of Lebanon, and Syrian Habak, against a backdrop of war.
Source: deadline.com