11′09″01 September 11

11′09″01 September 11
Directed byYoussef Chahine
Amos Gitaï
Shohei Imamura
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Claude Lelouch
Samira Makhmalbaf
Mira Nair
Idrissa Ouédraogo
Sean Penn
Danis Tanovic
Ken Loach
Written byYoussef Chahine
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Amos Gitaï
Marie-José Sanselme
Claude Lelouch
Pierre Uytterhoeven
Danis Tanovic
Idrissa Ouédraogo
Paul Laverty
Ken Loach
Vladimir Vega
Sabrina Dhawan
Samira Makhmalbaf
Sean Penn
Daisuke Tengan
Produced byJacques Perrin
Nicolas Mauvernay
CinematographyMohsen Nasr
Yoav Kosh
Pierre-William Glenn
Mustafa Mustafic
Luc Drion
Nigel Willoughby
Peter Hellmich
Jorge Müller Silva
Declan Quinn
Ebrahim Ghafouri
Samuel Bayer
Masakazu Oka
Toshihiro Seino
Edited byRashida Abdel Salam
Kim Bica
Kobi Netanel
Stéphane Mazalaigue
Monique Rysselinck
Julia Grégory
Jonathan Morris
C. Allyson Johnson
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Jay Cassidy
Hajime Okayasu
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Gustavo Santaolalla
Osvaldo Golijov
Salif Keita
Manu Dibango
Guem Percussion
Vladimir Vega
Ali Maula Ali
Mohamad Rezadarvishi
Heitor Pereira
Distributed byArtificial Eye (United Kingdom)
BAC Films (France)
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (Japan)
Alfa Films (Latin America)
Empire Pictures Inc. (United States)
Release dates
  • September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05) (Italy)
  • September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11) (Canada)
  • September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11) (France)
  • December 27, 2002 (2002-12-27) (United Kingdom)
  • July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18) (United States)
Running time
135 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
Egypt
Japan
Mexico
United States
Iran
LanguagesSpanish
English
French
Arabic
Hebrew
Persian
French Sign Language

11′09″01 September 11 is a 2002 international anthology film composed of 11 contributions from 11 filmmakers, each from a different country. Each gave their own vision of the events in New York City during the September 11 attacks, in a short film of 11 minutes, 9 seconds, and one frame. The original concept and production of the film was by French producer Alain Brigand. It has been released internationally with several titles, depending on the language. It is listed in the Internet Movie Database as 11′09″01 - September 11, while in French, it is known as 11 minutes 9 secondes 1 image and in Persian as 11-e-Septambr.