Out of Competition


WAR FEELS LIKE WAR



Country of production: UK
Year: 2003
Language: English, Polish, Arabic, Spanish
Mins: 59

Director: Esteban Manzanares Uyarra
Cinematography: Esteban Manzanares Uyarra
Editing: Brian Tagg
Producer: Alison Rooper
Sound: George Foulgham
Production company: In Focus
Source: Alice Rooper
In Focus Productions
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London NW1 9NX
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Phone: +44 207 482 0990
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"At first there is this build up and expectancy of a Hollywood script about to unfold, but then reality hits and we are reminded that war feels like war." (PJ O'Rourke, reporting on the invasion of Iraq).

This is the story of journalists caught up in a new era in war-reporting. In the second Gulf War the coalition forces divided the world's media into two camps: the famous "embedded" reporters, and the "unilaterals," who more or less played by their own rules - though they nonetheless often found themselves protected by U.S. soldiers.

In making WAR FEELS LIKE WAR, Esteban Uyarra lived and worked among the unilaterals. Beginning in Kuwait City, then crossing the border into southern Iraq, we follow some of these independent reporters - including two from the CHICAGO TRIBUNE - up to Baghdad and beyond, sharing the experiences and problems faced by those reporting on modern-day war.

Esteban Uyarra is a director, cameraman and editor. He has worked for several UK TV channels, including a number of projects for the BBC. He spent three months on his own in the Persian Gulf making this film.

filmography as director
WAR FEELS LIKE WAR (2003)
THE RUNNER (2002)

Thursday 08-Apr-2004 9:00 PM Gallery Theatre