The Canadian Film Institute’s Canadian Masters Series is an annual celebration of excellence in Canadian filmmaking, featuring extensive onstage interviews, special screenings, and audience discussions with some of the greatest names in Canadian film history.

Peter is honoured to be the CFI’s first guest for 2020. He will be interviewed by Tom McSorley with a Q&A and reception at Club SAW, followed by a screening of Picture of Light (1994) the next day at Ottawa Art Gallery. Peter will also be giving a talk for students at Carleton University.

For more information, visit the Canadian Film Institute website, or Facebook event pages.

Canadian Masters: In Conversation with Peter Mettler at Club SAW, Ottawa, ON – January 29th, 7:00pm

Picture of Light at Ottawa Art Gallery – Thursday, January 30, 7:00pm

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Peter will present a special screening of Gambling, Gods and LSD in person at this year’s Meteoric Truth or Consequences documentary film festival in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, from October 18–20th.

Gambling Gods and LSD with Peter Mettler in person – Spaceport Visitors Center, Friday October 18th, 2:30pm

Full details are available on the festival’s website here.

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., Toronto

ONE SCREENING ONLY! Saturday, October 5th - 9:00pm

Journey into the natural world in a way you never have before in this unforgettable big screen sensory experience. Acclaimed filmmakers Peter Mettler (Gambling, Gods and LSD) and Emma Davie (I Am Breathing) team up with ecological philosopher David Abram for a wholly immersive audio-visual quest through the intricate wildlife of the Grand Teton National Park. Through state-of-the-art camera techniques and mesmerizing shots of landscapes, plants, insects, and animals, Becoming Animal shifts our perspective of the world around us and its inextricably interconnected parts. Think Planet Earth, but in hyper-drive.

Co-director Peter Mettler will be present for a live post-screening Q&A.

For screening details and to purchase tickets, visit the Hot Docs Cinema website.

Watch the trailer for Becoming Animal here.

Nyon, France

Peter will be attending this year's Visions Du Réel Festival to participate on a jury in the Industry section for new project pitches.

Check out the lineup at https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en

Hamburg, Germany

Peter will attend this year’s Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg in person to present Becoming Animal and Gambling, Gods and LSD.

For more info:

Becoming Animal – Friday, April 5th, 22h00
Gambling, Gods and LSD – Saturday April 6th, 17h45

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Becoming Animal (2018)

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Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)

Outside The Box presents the Swiss-French premiere of Becoming Animal, with Peter Mettler in person!

Screenings:

16 March - 19h00 – Lausanne – CityClub Pully – followed by a DJ set by Vincent Hänni and projection of Gambling, Gods and LSD
17 March - 20h00 – Neuchâtel – Minimum
18 March - 20h00 – Cinéma d’Oron
20 March - 20h30 – Genève – Cinélux
21 March - 20h00 – Delémont – La Grange
22 March - 20h30 – Sainte-Croix – Royal

For more information, visit Outside The Box’s website, or the official Becoming Animal website.

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Göteborg, Sweden

Becoming Animal screens at the 41st Göteborg Film Festival, the largest film festival in Nordic Europe, with three screenings this January. Peter will be in attendance on the 30th and 31st! Visit the festival’s website for tickets and more information.

"Becoming Animal challenges our world of thought in an attempt to bridge the mental barrier between man and environment. Is it possible to experience a perspective where man is not in the center, but where we meet animals and nature around us at the same level? What role do language and modern technology play in such an attempt? [...] Perhaps a radical transformation of our perception is what is needed if the current destructive development is to be heeded?" - Tobias Åkesson

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Happy new year! Becoming Animal will be presented at the 2019 Solothurner Filmtage, Switzerland, on January 26th and 30th. With Peter Mettler in attendance.

Programme info can be found at the festival’s website here.

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