International Documentary Film Festival
March 30 - April 6, 2025
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

The End of Time

Peter Mettler

The End of Time

Working at the limits of what can easily be expressed, filmmaker Peter Mettler takes on the elusive subject of time, and once again turns his camera to filming the unfilmable in The End of Time. From the CERN particle accelerator in Switzerland, where scientists seek to probe regions of time we cannot see, to lava flows in Hawaii which have overwhelmed all but one home on the south side of Big Island; from the disintegration of inner-city Detroit, to a Hindu funeral rite near the place of Buddha’s enlightenment, Mettler explores our perception of time. He dares to dream the movie of the future while also immersing us in the wonder of the everyday. The End of Time is at once personal, rigorous and visionary. Peter Mettler has crafted a film as compelling and magnificent as its subject.

Switzerland, Canada 2012, '114

DIRECTOR: Peter Mettler

SCENARIO: Peter Mettler

CAMERA: Peter Mettler

MONTAGE: Peter Mettler, Roland Schlimme

MUSIC: Gabriel Scotti and Vincent Hänni

PRODUCERS: Cornelia Seitler, Ingrid Veninger, Brigitte Hofer, Gerry Flahive

PRODUCTION: maximage, Grimthorpe

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Locarno IFF: Environment Is Quality of Life Prize (2012) 
Toronto IFF (2012)
CPH:DOX (2012)
Vancouver IFF (2012)
DOK Leipzig (2012)
Busan IFF (2012)
Cinéma du Réel (2013)
Ji.hlava (2012)
IDFA (2012)
Sitges - Catalonian IFF (2013)
Palm Springs IFF (2013)
Montreal IDF (2012)
Visions du Réel (2020)

Peter Mettler

Peter Mettler

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