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A pack of strays – seven dogs and one woman, live in the shadows of the city of Moscow. Hidden from the totalitarian authorities, two species share their exi...
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- Filmgarten
'Space Dogs' is a fantastic documentary included in our #NewVoices selection. Check out our conversation with directors Elsa Kremser & Peter Levin and don't ...
#SpaceDogs #BELDOCS #BelTalks
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- BELDOCS - International Documentary Film Festival Belgrade
Sep 10, 2020 · The filmmakers Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter twist more familiar documentary techniques as they spin a speculative legend around Laika. Starting from the conceit that her ghost has returned to ...
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- Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Space Dogs: Directed by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter. With Aleksey Serebryakov, Natalia Kuranova, Nadezhda Sobetskaya, Mikhail Zolotarev. They are Moscow's stray shadows: a "pack" of dogs and humans, claiming their territory where the city is crumbling and yet reveals a magical landscape.
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- Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
- 2020-09-11
Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. According to a legend, she returned to Earth as a ghost and has roamed the streets of Moscow ever since. Following her trace, and filmed from a dog’s perspective, SPACE DOGS accompanies the adventures of her descendants: two street dogs living in ...
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.
