Peter Mettler Movies

  • 2014
    Traces of the future

    Traces of the future

    Traces of the future

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    Part of a series of short commissioned works by Visions du Réel to celebrate the festival's twentieth anniversary that explore views of the...

    Traces of the future
  • 1997
    Balifilm

    Balifilm

    Balifilm

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    Balifilm was originally commissioned as a stage performance, created from diary images and sounds collected in 1990 and 1992 by Peter Mettler on the...

    Balifilm
  • 2009
    Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

    Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

    Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

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    The huge tar sands in Alberta are a potentially profitable resource, but the environmental impact could be heavy and long-term.

    Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
  • 1985
    Eastern Avenue

    Eastern Avenue

    Eastern Avenue

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    From the material he shot during a three month journey, Peter Mettler edited a lyrical film which is no ordinary travelogue or diary. Without...

    Eastern Avenue
  • 1981
    Gregory

    Gregory

    Gregory

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    A man and a woman awake in the middle of the night. The woman is upset by her dreams and what she perceives as the untouchable nature of her mind,...

    Gregory
  • 2025
    While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

    While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

    While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

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    This magnum opus from visionary non-fiction filmmaker Peter Mettler (Gambling, Gods and LSD) is an innovative, intimate, intercontinental epic that...

    While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts