Peter Mettler Movies

  • 1998
    Elimination Dance

    Elimination Dance

    Elimination Dance

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    Ever more bizarre criteria are used to eliminate couples from a secret dance event.

    Elimination Dance
  • 2005
    The Giant Buddhas

    The Giant Buddhas

    The Giant Buddhas

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    Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for...

    The Giant Buddhas
  • 2018
    Becoming Animal

    Becoming Animal

    Becoming Animal

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    A palpably rendered audiovisual essay draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Peter Mettler (The End of Time) and Emma Davie (I am...

    Becoming Animal
  • 2007
    Away

    Away

    Away

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    The filmmaker of this short documentary used his cellphone camera to shoot these scenes in Costa Rica. He reflects on the dichotomy of nature versus...

    Away
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1980
    Lancalot Freely

    Lancalot Freely

    Lancalot Freely

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    A documentary portrait of Peter Mettler’s best childhood friend, who had left home to lead a lavish lifestyle.

    Lancalot Freely
  • 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