Film-Forward

War

Soul Patrol

An invaluable record of firsthand testimonies correcting a whitewashed history.

Birds of War

It follows the unlikely development of a relationship amid the Syrian revolution, the siege of Aleppo, and the long, disorienting aftermath of war and exile.

Coward | TIFF 2026

Belgian director Lukas Dhont prints his own stamp on the brothers-in-arms genre.

Atonement | TIFF 2026

The script offers Hiam Abbass an emotionally demanding role—a Role with a capital R. Her performance ranks among the best of the year.

NAZA | NYFF 2026

A piercing, sobering glimpse at the horrors of Israeli military violence against Palestinian civilians.

Amrum

Actor Jasper Billerbeck plays one of the most memorably multidimensional young wartime protagonists since The Tin Drum and Empire of the Sun.

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has made a work that is midway between documentary and fiction about the death of a five-year-old Palestinian girl.

Jimmy in Saigon

A director’s search to discover the truth about the brother he barely knew.

Warfare

A film that forces its audience to confront the sounds of conflict—both the loudness and the mundane silence—and does so with brutal efficiency.