While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
Switzerland / Canada, September 2025
FILM,
Documentary,
420 min.
- directed by
- Peter Mettler
- Written by
- Peter Mettler
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.maximage.ch/projects
A trance-like, epic film that delves into the wonder of everyday things and events, following the flow of emergence and disappearance. We experience timeless spaces where everything is connected to everything else. A rumination and reflection on dying, origins, dreams, memory and the elementary human urge to tell stories. Mettler composes a meditative trip using his power and sensitivity in dealing with light, image, rhythm and sound.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2025
- Original Version
- English, Spanish, German, colour, DCP, 420 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-FD90-0000-6-0000-0000-J
- Production
- maximage, Grimthorpe Film Inc.
- Producer
- Cornelia Seitler, Peter Mettler, Brigitte Hofer
- directed by
- Peter Mettler
- Written by
- Peter Mettler
- Cinematography
- Peter Mettler
- Editing
- Jordan Kawai, Peter Mettler
- Location Sound Mix
- Peter Mettler
- Sound Editing
- Massimo Del Gaudio
- Sound Design
- Jordan Kawai, Peter Bräker
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jacques Kieffer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- maximage , Grimthorpe Film Inc.
Awards
(a selection)
- Jihlava, JIDFF Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Student Jury Award - Opus Bonum Competition 2025 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Amsterdam, 38th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
13.11.2025 - 23.11.2025 -
Jihlava, 29th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
24.10.2025 - 02.11.2025 -
Toronto, 50th Toronto International Film Festival
04.09.2025 - 14.09.2025