Berlin -- Giulietto Chiesa, Italian filmmaker and European parliamentary deputy whose dramatic 2007 documentary ZERO casts doubt on the official American version of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, feels an international tribunal could "establish the truth about the events."

Chiesa was in Berlin this weekend for a screening of his film which features, among others, novelist Gore Vidal and playwright Dario Fo as well as retired American professor of philosophy David Ray Griffin, who advances conspiracy theories that contradict mainstream accounts of events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Federal Aviation Administration controllers, US Air Force pilots, military commanders and physicists also appear in the critical documentary, which the director hopes will create "political awareness" of the "faulty" official investigation into the events by the 9-11 Commission.

"Some of the individuals appearing in the film are former FBI and CIA agents, people who have in a sense taken a very big risk in speaking out," said Chiesa. "I am very grateful to them because they have done a big job."

"The film would not have been possible without them," he noted, adding that ZERO had been seen in France and Belgium at individual screenings, and by more than 20,000 people in Italy. But so far, the film has not gained a distributor in Europe.

Chiesa, one of Italy's most respected journalists and for more than 20 years a La Stampa foreign correspondent, told his Berlin audience that a 9-11 international tribunal could serve a useful purpose.

"If feelings were strong enough, a positive result could be obtained but it would not happen immediately," he said. "So far, it's been the US administration that has won the information fight and obtained their result -- unfortunately."

"Our task is to inform millions of people of the true situation," he added. "Everybody should be involved in this struggle with a tribunal or commission helping once we win approval for the idea."

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