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SPACE DOGS. With an elliptical structure that shows us fascinating images from space, Space Dogs – directed by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter and premiered at the Viennale 2019 – takes us to the nocturnal streets of Moscow, where we begin to follow the everyday life of two stray dogs during a real fight for survival, as a result of which the strongest one is the one who stays alive.
Moscow's inhospitable streets and the stray dogs there have once again inspired Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter. In DREAMING DOGS, Dingo and his homeless mistress Nadja form an inseparable team; the filmmakers accompanied them over three years of an unstable existence. Against the harsh background of financial collapse and loss of livelihoods, a ...
DREAMING DOGS begins like a mythical fairy tale, even as it focuses on the harsh reality of present-day Moscow. The economic collapse has forced many factories to close, turning the landscape into a wasteland. Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter continue the exploration they began in their previous film SPACE DOGS.
Oct 20, 2024 · In Dreaming Dogs, a realistic directorial approach, while giving the whole thing an aura of magic, proved to be the right solution. At the Viennale 2024.
Aug 17, 2023 · This past fall, I spoke remotely with Austrian/German directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter about their work on the beautifully elliptical documentary Space Dogs (which I also reviewed). The movie tells two stories in parallel, that of the Soviet space program in its early days and of the life of street dogs in Moscow today.
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter. Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. Legend has it that, she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants. www.spacedogsfilm.com. Downloads.
Moscow's inhospitable streets and the stray dogs there have once again inspired Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter. In DREAMING DOGS, Dingo and his homeless mistress Nadja form an inseparable team; the filmmakers accompanied them over three years of an unstable existence.
