Description

War Feels like War is a compelling account of the brutalities of 21st Century war, told through the eyes of independent journalists. The film documents the lives of reporters and photographers who subverted military media controls to get access to the real Iraq War.

As the invading armies sweep into the south of the country, some of the journalists in Kuwait decide to risk their lives to travel in their wake, hungry to see the true impact of war on civilians. The film records their frustration, fear, shock and horror as they fight their way to Bagdad. They are the lucky ones. Behind them others become part of a media circus trapped in Kuwait. Ahead of them some journalists are killed in the conflict.

Director Esteban Uyarra travelled with some of these journalists. His camera records the impact of the war on those who attempted to report it without the security blanket of big broadcasting organisations. It shows the risks they took, the situations they witnessed on the ground and the way they coped in their different ways. Through its main and its subsidiary characters, the film reveals the addictive nature of modern war reporting - how it affects journalists personally and how hard it then is to return to a normal life back home.