SPACE DOGS
91 Min (GER) 2019 – 5.1
www.spacedogs.com
The stray dog Laika was the first living creature to be sent into space – and thus to certain death. Legend has it that she returned to Earth as a ghost and has been roaming the streets of Moscow ever since. Following in Laika’s footsteps and filmed from the dogs’ perspective, SPACE DOGS follows the adventures of her descendants: two street dogs in present-day Moscow. Their story is one of close allegiance, relentless brutality and, ultimately, their view of us humans. Interwoven with previously unreleased footage from the era of Soviet space travel, a magical narrative about the Moscow street dogs is formed – from their ascent into space to life on the ground.
Production Soundmix
Nomination German Film Award “Best Sound”
Locarno FF “honorable mention”
Viennale Wiener Filmpreis – “Best Austrian Film”, “MehrWert Film Award”
Diagonale Graz “image design”
Subversiv Festival Zagreb “Wild Dreamers Award”
Is Real FF Sardinia “Best Film”
Sevilia IFF “honorable mention”
Fidocs Santiago de Chile “Special prize of the jury”
Vienna Science FF “Best Austrian Space Movie”
DOK Leipzig
Mar Del Plata IFF
Jeonju IFF
Torino IFF
Mostra Sao Paulo IFF
Tallinn Black Nights FF
CPH:DOX
Huston Cinema Arts F
Reykjavik IFF
Doc Poins Helsinki Documentary FF
Listapad
FF Max Ophüls Preis
FIC Unam
TIDF
Vilnius FF
Locarno FF
Viennale Wiener Filmpreis
Diagonale Graz
Subversiv Festival Zagreb
Is Real FF Sardinia
Sevilia IFF
Fidocs Santiago de Chile
Vienna Science FF
Director, Writer & Producer
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Director of Photography
Yunus Roy Imer
Editing
Jan Soldat, Stephan Bechinger
Production Sound Mixer
Simon Peter, Jonathan Schorr
Sound Design
Jonathan Schorr
Re-Recording Mixer
Tobias Adam
Music
John Gürtler, Jan Miserre
Assistant Director
Fedor Gerlein, Artem Moskalev
Archive Research
Sergei Kachkin
Co-Production
Annekathrin Hendel
Production
Raumzeitfilm, It Works
Narrator
Alexey Serebryakov