An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.
Direction
Eleven radically distinct voices — some poetic, some brutal, all uncompromising.
Cinematography
Iñárritu's black screen with audio still destroys me.
Writing
Ken Loach's UK segment punches where it hurts most.
Director
Amos Gitai
Ernest Borgnine
Old Man (segment "USA")
Emmanuelle Laborit
She (segment "France")
Keren Mor
Journalist (segment "Israel")
Tanvi Azmi
Talat Hamdani (segment "India")
Kapil Bawa
Salim Hamdani (segment "India")
Tomorowo Taguchi
Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Kumiko Aso
Sae Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Akira Emoto
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Mitsuko Baisho
Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Ken Ogata
Villager (segment "Japan")
Nour El-Sherif
Youssef Chahine (segment "Egypt")
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Produced specifically for Venice Film Festival 2002, this remains one of cinema's fastest collective responses to a live historical trauma.
Several directors later disowned their segments or the project entirely, reflecting the impossible tension between artistic statement and memorial.
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