September 11

September 11 is a drama consisting of eleven short films, each lasting just over eleven minutes. Eleven directors from different countries provide individual perspectives on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The stories vary in tone and location, exploring themes of grief and the global impact of the tragedy. Specific segments include an Iranian teacher explaining the events to her students, children in Burkina Faso who believe they have seen Osama bin Laden, and a deaf French woman in New York writing a letter to a man working at the World Trade Center.

The film was produced in France by StudioCanal and Galatée Films, with a screenplay by Youssef Chahine, Sabrina Dhawan, and Samira Makhmalbaf. It features a collaborative directorial effort including Alejandro González Iñárritu, for whom this was the third of 13 films, and Ken Loach, whose tenth film this was. Other directors include Sean Penn, Mira Nair, and Claude Lelouch. The cast features Ernest Borgnine, Maryam Karimi, and Emmanuelle Laborit.

The movie earned 1 million USD at the worldwide box office. Audience reception is positive, with a rating of 6.8/10 from 6,100 votes on IMDb and 6.4/10 from 126 votes on TMDB.