BEIJING, May 18, (Xinhuanet) -- US film-maker Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary, examining President George W Bush's handling of Iraq and the war on terror, has premiered at the Cannes film festival, to cheers and applause.

    Film critics were warm in praise of the controversial director, who later called in a news conference for the US to pull out of Iraq.

    The Oscar-winning director's fast-moving film is a telling work of propaganda by a movie-maker whose mission to deride Bush exudes from every frame.

    It focuses on how the US and the White House reacted to the September 11, 2001 hijacking attacks and traces links between the Bush family and prominent Saudis, including the family of Osama bin Laden.

    The documentary has already whipped up an international media storm after the Walt Disney Company barred its Miramax film unit from releasing such a politically polarising work in a US election year. Enditem

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