The 27th International Toronto Film Festival will mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a film tribute that promises to be as politically controversial as it is emotional.

        Screening rooms for the festival, which was interrupted by the attacks last year, will go dark for the morning of Sept. 11 and organizers will offer counselors to attendees, many of whom are New York residents.

        On the evening of Sept. 11, 11'09”01 will unspool at the elegant Roy Thompson Hall, venue for the fest's most prestigious screenings.

        The film is a compilation of work from 11 directors, each commissioned to reflect on the anniversary in exactly 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame.

        Participants include British director Ken Loach, who draws a connection with the American-backed overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile on Sept. 11, 1973, a watershed event among leftist critics of American foreign policy.

        Other parts of the project include Sean Penn's look at a widower who lives near the World Trade Center site, Claude LeLouch's piece on a deaf person's reaction to the attacks, and Mira Nair's film on how ethnic minorities were affected.

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