our mission
after war’s mission is to reveal tales of the post-conflict era- once the international press has left and weapons have gone quiet. Disarming yesterday’s fighters, searching for the missing people, overcoming trauma, healing child soldiers, building a nation from the ground up,prosecuting war crimes… So many stories that ask the same question: How can one live again after such horror?
This time after the war is a crosscroads of complexities, marked by ruins and suffering. Yet it also offers a unique vantage point to better understand what led to conflict- and to detect the early signs of wars yet to come.
after war is a French-based organization committed to improving the way media covers post-war realities. It does so through innovative projects that bring together documentary filmmakers, local journalists in post-conflict countries and researchers specialized in these transitional periods.
after war aims to become a global platform for the analysis and storytelling of post-conflict dynamics- through documentaries, publishing and new digital formats.
documentaries
after war produces in-depth documentaries for a global audience, focusing on the unresolved battles of the post-conflit period- from demobilization to the search for missing people…
GHOSTS OF UKRAINE (FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS)
Co-produced with Squawk Films with the support of Doc up Fund.
After three years of war, more that 53 soldiers and civilians are missing in Ukraine. Vanished in the infernos of Marioupol and Bakhmut, or taken at dawn in Russian-occupied zones- what they all have in common is this: it is always women- their mothers, wives, daughters- who search for them.
This documentary will follow women in search of their husbands or sons, either a few weeks after their disappearance or decades later, as they relentlessly strive to find their loved ones’ whereabouts.
These unwavering bonds of love will offer a different perspective on war, a kind of “female gaze” rarely explored before.
This 70 minutes documentary follows their tireless fight against oblivion.
→ Watch the trailer
a book collection
In collaboration with ACTES SUD, after war is launching the series “Routes of the Aftermath” written by academics specializing in post-conflict countries. They will share unique insights from their fieldwork in regions such as former Yugolsavia, Northern Ireland, Colombia, Iraq… They wiill also give voice to those rebuilding, reconciling with former enemies, seeking justice-or simply gradually stepping away from violence.
First Title:
MOSTAR: THIS IS NOT A CITY
by Aline CATEUX
→ Release date: January 2026
an instagram program
In partnership with CFJ- Centre de formation des journalistes- & Bottom Up, after war launches @afterwar_focus_en, a new Instagram account exploring post-war societies.
Explainers, carousels, stories, interviews with civilians and experts, archives.. : @Afterward Focus EN offers a new and engaging way to document the underreported time, after war.
Voir cette publication sur Instagram
graphic journalism
In partenership with Delcourt, after war extends its documentaries through graphic nonfictions
MAHAR THE LION CUB: THE LOST CHILDHOOD OF DAESH’S YOUNG SOLDIERS
Mahar was just ten when ISIS kidnapped him in Iraqi Kurdistan and decimated part of his people, the Yazidis. He spent three years in the so-called calphate, enduring child soldier indoctrination and the horrors of combat. And then, war ended…
GHOSTS OF UKRAINE
Ludmilla, Ludeshka and Tetyana are desperately searching for their loved ones in war-torn Ukraine. Meanwhile, Yuri- a recently freed POW who had been missing for over a year- tries to adapt to life again.
→ Release date : Spring 2026
after war network
after war is developing a network of journalists based in post-conflict countries.
In collaboration with partner media outlets, this network will amplify post-war stories and bring global attention to the long-term challenges of peacebuilding and stabilization.
SIMA STUDIOS, a nonprofit organization specializing in supporting impactful creative and journalistic projets is providing crucial support to after war by acting as a fiscal sponsor and assisting with fundraising.
To support us: https://simastudios.org/fiscal-sponsorship/after-war/
events & talks
What is “post-war journalism” and why is it urgent to focus on what happens after a war ?
Here are talks and masterclasses in prestigious venues such as Normandy for Peace, Sciences-Po Journalism School…
→ “Post-War Journalism” Inaugural Lecture (September 2023):
→ “For a Post-war Journalism” Masterclass at Sciences-Po Paris (March 2025):
founder
Anne Poiret is a distinguished French journalist and documentary filmmaker. She received the 2022 International Emmy Award for best documentary and the 2007 Albert Londres Prize. She focuses on topics related to situations of no-war/no-peace: the aftermath of armed conflicts, the human and political consequences of wars, and the actions of the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations. She founded after war in September 2023