Love + War

Opens Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Pulitzer Prize-winning Lynsey Addario has risked her life to capture the stark realities of?war — from the Middle East and Afghanistan to Ukraine. From National Geographic Documentary Films and Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,? LOVE + WAR?chronicles Addario’s ascent in the male-dominated world of conflict photography. But her work is dangerous. She’s been kidnapped twice while on assignment  in war zones — a cost she must wrestle with each time she leaves her husband and two sons to go on assignment. Behind the camera, Addario is torn between her unwavering commitment to the essential work of journalism and the powerful, competing demands of motherhood, grappling with what it truly means to follow your calling when it threatens everything you?love.

Official selection: TIFF

• Country USA
• Language English, Ukranian with English subtitles
• Running Time 96 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor National Geographic
• Director Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
• Cast Lynsey Addario

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