About the film

Shot primarily from a helicopter, Peter Mettler's "Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands" offers an unparalleled view of the world's largest industrial, capital and energy project. Canada's tar sands are an oil reserve the size of England. Extracting the crude oil from underneath unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort with far-reaching impacts on the land, air, water and climate. It's an extraordinary spectacle, whose scope can only be understood from far above. In a hypnotic flight of image and sound, one machine's perspective upon the choreography of others, suggests a dehumanized world where petroleum's power is supreme.

Wybrane festiwale i nagrody / Selected festivals and awards: 2009 – MFF Amsterdam / IDFA, 2009 – Festival Dei Popoli Florencja: Nagroda za Dystrybucję / Festival Dei Popoli Firenze: Award for the Distribution, 2009 – Visions du Réel Nyon: Nagroda Młodej Publiczności / Visions du Réel Nyon: Young People Award

Attend the masterclass by Peter Mettler. Warsaw, Tuesday, May 14, Kinoteka. Paritipate in “Planete+Doc. Masters” meeting. Wroclaw, Friday, May 17, Dolnoslaskie Centrum Filmowe. Visit Peter Mettler’s exhibitions in Warsaw (AMS plein air gallery and Cinema Iluzjon) and in Wroclaw in the Festival Club Niskie Łąki. See Peter Mettler’s Live Cinema Show with Fred Frith. Warsaw, Monday, May 13, Teatr Studio.