Away from the election aftermath…for a moment at least.

Four Lions, a film created by satirist Chris Morris depicting four suicide bombers is hoping to be boycotted at cinemas by the London 7/7 bombings victims families.

Relatives of 7/7 victims including Graham Foulkes argue the comedy is too closely aligned to real events while the film’s producers say they “did not mean to cause offence.”

Morris – of the BBC’s The Day Today and Channel 4’s Brasseye fame – has centred the film around the bombers attacking the marathon.

So what of other films depicting terrorism?

2001’s Kandahar, which higlighted the Taliban’s regime in Afghanistan and featured the “confessed assassin” Hassin Tantai  – better known as 51 year old Daoud Salahuddin and originally born as African-American David Belfield before converting to Islam – who murdered an Iranian dissident in 1980 in Washington, won two film awards at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.

Kandahar’s director reportedly didn’t know Tantai was the same person as Salahuddin and hence was unaware he had chosen an alleged terrorist to play a role.

Albeit, Morris is not picking a terrorist to portray events in a film.

However, what should be done about films like Four Lions and Kandahar – which depict terrorism? 

How controversial are they and should victims’ families boycott them?

Should they receive awards as long as they’re accurate and are in the public interest?