War Under the Skin

War is not fought only on the front line, nor does it end with a ceasefire. 3 movies show us the everydays of war in Ukraine ,Lebanon and Nagorno-Karabakh, how simple civilian routines are modified to fit it and the creative ways people find to survive during and after unimaginable trauma. “Traces” and “Here elsewhere” show how people lose autonomy over their own bodies: war pushes them over borders, introduces food rations, curfews, and brings upon them violence that marks them for life. And for a bit of romance, in the midst of war - Birds of war brings us into the intimate conversations of two journalists who in the process of reporting on the sirian war, end up falling in love and marrying one another.