WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS: A DIARY IN SEVEN PARTS - In the presence of director Peter Mettler

Description

Peter Mettler's epic diary project While the Green Grass Grows was already released in 2023 as an excerpt (Parts 1 + 6) and was awarded the main prizes at Visions du Réel and DOK Leipzig. Now there is a unique opportunity to discover the 7-hour work in its entirety. Including breaks and audience discussions with Peter Mettler. The award-winning filmmaker Peter Mettler combines personal conversations, dreams, memories, and family history into a meditative stream of consciousness in his multi-year filmed diary, where thoughts about human existence and our environment converge. It is sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, philosophical as well as poetic. His meditative approach and always searching gaze create a space where we can explore the essence of relationships and change. His aesthetics blend cinéma vérité with ecstasy. A work of maturity, clarity, and surprising intimacy that questions our collective destiny with grace and wonder. "Filmed over a period of three years — during which both the death of his two parents, a pandemic, and an extremely mysterious illness occurred — Peter Mettler's magnum opus is a sprawling yet intimate, intercontinental epic that incorporates coincidences and elevates the film diary to new heights of cinematic art. From the Canary Islands to Killarney Provincial Park, from sprawling caves to a quarantine hotel, from New Mexico to Cuba, from Appenzell to Toronto: In this wandering film, Mettler explores his family past, remains rooted in the present, connects with his recently widowed father, or works with other filmmakers on formally daring excursions into cinematic expression. As a long-term work that quickly captivates viewers, While the Green Grass Grows follows both literal and figurative tributaries as it navigates the hardships and joys of life and flows into a creative state where art and spirituality blend." José Teodoro, TIFF "The seven hours are therefore less a film marathon than a rare form of cinema visit: You give a day — and get time back in return." Felix Schenker, ArtTV

Highlights

• In the presence of director Peter Mettler
• 7-hour work with breaks and audience discussions
• Awarded main prizes at Visions du Réel and DOK Leipzig

General Information

The epic diary project by Peter Mettler, "While the Green Grass Grows," is presented in its entirety. The film combines personal conversations and memories and addresses human existence as well as our environment.

Location

Schwanengasse 9, 3011 Bern, Switzerland

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