11'09'01: September 11th 2001 (Danis Tanovic, Bosnia, 2002)
Runtime: 11 min 09 sec 01 frame
Synopsis:
To evoke the sheer scale of the shock wave which followed September 11,
To testify to the resonance of the event throughout the world,
To better convey the human dimension of this tragedy,
To bring reflection to emotion,
To give a voice to all,
A collective film
11 directors from different countries and cultures
11 visions of the tragic events which occurred in New York City on September 11, 2001
11 points of view engaging their individual conscience
Complete freedom of expression.
Danis Tanovic
Born Zenica, Bosnia, 1969. Attended civil engineering school and music school. He graduated from the Academy of performing arts, department of intermedia directing. He directed a short film, Your Lover Called, a theatre play, A Madman and a Nun, a documentary, Dervishs, a short documentary, My Mother Shahid, a documentary reportage A Year After, and a series of video clips for the B & H army. In 2000, Danis finished his first feature film No Man's Land which received a Golden Palm award for best scenario at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film.
Where were you on September 11 2001? What did you feel when you learnt about these events?
I was on a plane between Paris and Bordeaux . I was shocked and saddened, somewhere between the two - or rather both. First shocked and then deeply saddened.
What events or personal experiences did you want to bring to light through your short? What personal echo to the events of September 11?
I don't know whether it's through personal experience, but anyway, what I wanted to convey was a deep feeling of sorrow, almost a cry, that events like this should cease, that we should all stop, in order to consider our world and what we are doing to it, because if it is like this, it's because we made it like this. It didn't happen by accident...
Awards:
2003: Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne, nominated for César Best European Union Film
2003: National Board of Review, USA, winner Freedom of Expression Award, Year Result Award
2002: Venice Film Festival, winner of Year Result Award
| Credits:
Director/Scriptwriter: Danis Tanovic |
Galatée Films |
