My 9/11

'I'm trying to tell my son what happened'

Synopsis 

Through home movies and phone messages recorded in the midst of an unprecedented catastrophe, director Tjebbo Penning had an experience that mere pictures cannot hope to achieve: the way life was for people living in the shadow of the World Trade Centre on that fateful day in 2001.


Short/documentary

12′

Dutch/English (with subs)

Released

IMDb


  • Director/writer:  Tjebbo Penning
  • Production companies:  Phanta Film, Chambers Street Films

Awards:

Third Prize short doc, Athens Ohio Film Festival, Prix de jury Etudien (mention couplee), Doc en Courts, Lyon.