Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Directed byPeter Mettler
Produced bySandy Hunter
Laura Severinac
CinematographyPeter Mettler
Edited byRoland Schlimme
Music byVincent Hänni
Gabriel Scotti
Production
company
Distributed byMongrel Media
Release date
  • September 2009 (2009-09) (TIFF)
Running time
43 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands is a 2009 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Peter Mettler.[1] The film provides an aerial view of the environmental destruction wrought by the Alberta oil sands project.[2]

The first film ever produced by Greenpeace Canada,[3] it premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] before having a limited theatrical run in January 2010.[1] It was released on DVD in April 2010.[5]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.[6]

  1. ^ a b Peter Howell, "The horror and the beauty of a man-made moonscape". Toronto Star, January 22, 2010.
  2. ^ Kevin Williamson, "Petropolis reveals apocalypse from the air". Toronto Sun, January 22, 2010.
  3. ^ "Greenpeace film dives into the 'oily belly of the beast'; Director hopes to stir debate about oilsands". Calgary Herald, August 17, 2009.
  4. ^ Bruce Kirkland, "Shorts make the Cut ; No other program at TIFF offers as much variety as Short Cuts Canada". Toronto Sun, September 11, 2009.
  5. ^ Carol Christian, "Film exploring oilsands from above released". Fort McMurray Today, April 6, 2010.
  6. ^ Melissa Leong, "Massacre story leads Genies; Quebec films dominate movie awards". Calgary Herald, March 2, 2010.