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Elsa Kremser

Biography

Born 1985 in Austria, Elsa Kremser studied Film at the University of Vienna and the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg. As an author and producer, she realized several documentaries that were shown worldwide. Her diploma film NEBEL premiered at the Berlinale. In 2016 she founded the Vienna-based production company RAUMZEITFILM together with Levin Peter. As a directing duo, they are currently working on their first fiction feature, THE GREEN PARROT, which received the Berlinale Kompagnon Script Award. Their recent documentary SPACE DOGS premiered at Locarno IFF where it received two special jury mentions. It was presented at 70 festivals worldwide, awarded as the ​“Best Austrian Film” at the Viennale and nominated for the German & Austrian Film Awards.

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Vita
Born
1985, Wolfsberg
Education
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Occupation
Autorin, Regisseurin, Produzentin
Contact
Awards
2022
Nominated for the Austrian Film Award
2021
Nominated for the German Film Award
2020
Carinthia Culture Award for Electronic media, photography & film
2019
Vienna Film Award
2019
Viennale ExtraValue Film Award
2017
Berlinale Kompagnon Script Development Award
Filmography
In Entwicklung In Entw.
The Green Parrot, Spielfilm, approx. 100 min, Regie, Buch, Produktion
In Produktion In Prod.
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men, Dokumentarfilm, approx. 80 min, Regie, Buch, Produktion, Schnitt
IMDB
2019
Space Dogs, Dokumentarfilm, 91 min, Regie, Buch, Produktion
IMDB Kino VOD Club Amazon DVD
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
The Green Parrot (In Entwicklung)
The Green Parrot
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
The Green Parrot (In Entwicklung)
The Green Parrot
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men (In Produktion)
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men (In Produktion)
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men (In Produktion)
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men (In Produktion)
Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Space Dogs (2019)
Space Dogs
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Space Dogs (2019)
Space Dogs
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Space Dogs (2019)
Space Dogs
SPACE DOGS Trailer Deutsch German (2020)
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Space Dogs (2019)
Space Dogs
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Space Dogs (2019)
Space Dogs
Films

The Green Parrot (In Entwicklung)

AT/DE

Spielfilm

approx. 100 min

RAUMZEITFILM

The Green Parrot (In Entwicklung)

Synopsis

Masha survived a suicide attempt — Misha works in the morgue. If her suicide had succeeded, he would have opened her body for the autopsy. But life holds a different twist for them — and this is the story of their summer.

Info
Regie
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Buch
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Produktion
Lixi Frank, David Bohun, Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Heino Deckert
Kamera
Mikhail Khursevich
Schnitt
Stephan Bechinger
Premiere International
30. November ‑0001
Premiere Österreich
30. November ‑0001
Kinostart
30. November -0001
Awards
Berlinale Kompagnon Script Development Award

Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men (In Produktion)

AT/DE

Dokumentarfilm

approx. 80 min

RAUMZEITFILM

Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men (In Produktion)

Synopsis

Three stray dogs, four tramps and a limousine without wheels — in the midst of a run-down industrial landscape, not far from the center of Moscow. A ​“pack of strays” — dogs and humans, living from whatever they can find and what has been left behind in seemingly idyllic circumstances. Yet, a building site is rising unpreventably in the background, and soon it threatens to engulf the ​“forgotten garden” where the group is living. As the people increasingly sink into hierarchy quarrels, it seems only the dogs are feeling that their coexistence is in danger. ​“Dreaming Dogs and Barking Men” is an unusual animal-human story in an enchanted place — and tells about what it means when the boundaries of ​“Owner and Dog” begin to blur.

Info
Regie
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Buch
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Produktion
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Annekatrin Hendel
Kamera
Yunus Roy Imer
Ton
Simon Peter, Jonathan Schorr
Schnitt
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Premiere International
30. November ‑0001
Premiere Österreich
30. November ‑0001
Kinostart
30. November -0001

Space Dogs (2019)

AT/DE

Dokumentarfilm

91 min

RAUMZEITFILM Produktion

Space Dogs (2019)

Synopsis

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 today’s Moscow. Their story is one of intimate fellowship but also relentless brutality, and is interwoven with unseen archive material from the Soviet cosmic era. A magical tale of voyagers scouting for unknown spaces.

Info
Regie
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Buch
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Produktion
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Annekatrin Hendel
Schauspiel
Alexey Serebryakov
Kamera
Yunus Roy Imer
Schnitt
Jan Soldat, Stephan Bechinger
Ton
Simon Peter, Jonathan Schorr
Filmmusik
John Gürtler, Jan Miserre
Premiere International
9. August 2019 — Locarno IFF 
Premiere Österreich
25. October 2019 — Viennale 
Kinostart
2. July 2020
Awards
LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
· ​“Special Mention” by Junior Jury Cineasti del Presente
· ​“Special Mention” by ISPEC Cultura Jury
AUSTRIAN FILM AWARD
· nominated for ​“Best Documentary”
GERMAN FILM AWARD
· nominated for ​“Best Documentary”
· nominated for ​“Best Sound”
VIENNALE
· ​“Vienna Film Award — Best Austrian Film 2019”
· ​“ExtraValue Film Award”
DIAGONALE’20
· ​“Best Cinematography Award”
SUBVERSIVE FESTIVAL ZAGREB
· ​“Wild Dreamers Award”
IS REAL FILM FESTIVAL SARDINIA
· ​“Best Film”
SEVILLA IFF
· ​“Special Mention” by New Waves Non Fiction Jury
BOLZANO FILM FESTIVAL
· ​“Bester Dokumentarfilm”
FIDOCS SANTIAGO DE CHILE
· ​“Special Jury Award”
VIENNA SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL
· ​“Best Austrian Space Movie”
Elsa Kremser