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While the Green Grass Grows

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Canada’s Top Ten Downplays Docs Once Again

by Pat Mullen
January 6, 2026
Features/Industry

Canada's Top Ten for 2025 includes only one documentary: Agatha's Almanac. The list represents an annual oversight for Canadian docs.

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The Best Documentaries of 2025: Come See Them, Hopefully in a Theatre

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 5, 2025
Features/Lists

The best documentaries of 2025 include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Tale of Silyan, Endless Cookie, Cover-up, and Coexistence, My Ass!

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RIDM and CUFF Docs Announce Festival Line-ups

by Pat Mullen
October 29, 2025
Festivals/RIDM

Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and CUFF Docs announce their full line-ups for the 2025 editions of the festivals.

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A Travelling Spirit: The Journeys Within While the Green Grass Grows

by Marc Glassman
September 28, 2025
Essays/Interviews

Director Peter Mettler discusses his seven-part documentary epic While the Green Grass Grows and its exploration of life, place, family, and time.

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The 2025 TIFF Docs Report: Another One for the Road

by Pat Mullen
September 16, 2025
Features/TIFF

The 2025 TIFF Docs report: documentary highlights in a year overshadowed by controversy include The Tale of Silyan, Cover-Up, Love+War, A Simple Soldier and Whistle.

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While the Green Grass Grows Review: Or, the Endlessness of Time

by Pat Mullen
September 8, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

In While the Green Grass Grows, Peter Mettler delivers a personal and philosophically rich journey through grief, family, and the expansiveness of time.

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Watch the First Trailer for Peter Mettler’s TIFF Bound While the Green Grass Grows

by Pat Mullen
August 11, 2025
News

Watch the first trailer for Peter Mettler's latest film While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts, ahead of its TIFF premiere.

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While the Green Grass Grows, Knit’s Island Lead RIDM Winners

by Pat Mullen
November 26, 2023
RIDM

Peter Mettler's While the Green Grass Grows wins the Grand Prize for National Feature Competition at Montreal's RIDM.

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Encounters at Montreal’s RIDM

by Matthew Hays
November 13, 2023
RIDM

Highlights at RIDM 2023 include While the Green Grass Grows, La garde blanche, and Mambar Pierrette.

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Montreal’s RIDM Announces Programming, Competition Docs

by Pat Mullen
October 25, 2023
RIDM

Films in RIDM's National Competition include La garde blanche, Mother Saigon, and Caiti Blues.

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