Space Dogs (2019)
| Documentary fairy tale | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Space dogs |
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| Country of production | Austria , Germany |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Elsa Kremser , Levin Peter |
| script |
Elsa Kremser , Levin Peter |
| production |
Elsa Kremser , Levin Peter |
| music |
John Gürtler , Jan Miserre |
| camera | Yunus Roy Imer |
| cut |
Jan Soldat , Stephan Bechinger |
| occupation | |
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Alexey Serebryakov | |
Space Dogs is an Austro-German documentary by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter . The film celebrated its world premiere in August 2019 at the Locarno Film Festival in the section "Cineasti del Presente" and won a. a. at the Viennale the Vienna Film Prize for “Best Austrian Film” and the “Erste Bank MehrWERT Film Prize”.
action
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 roamed the streets of Moscow ever since . Following Laika's footsteps and filmed from the perspective of the dogs, Space Dogs accompanies the adventures of their descendants: two street dogs in today's Moscow. Their story is about intimate following, relentless brutality and finally about their view of us humans. Interwoven with previously unpublished film material from the era of Soviet space travel , a magical tale is formed about the Moscow street dogs - from ascent into space to life on the ground.
production
Space Dogs was produced by the Austrian company Raumzeitfilm Produktion OG in coproduction with the German company IT Works Medien. The producers of the film are Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter and Annekatrin Hendel . Service production was carried out by the Russian company Vita Aktiva.
The film was shot in Moscow / Russia in 2017 . The narrator voice of Space Dogs is taken over by the well-known Russian actor Alexey Serebryakov .
The film was developed as part of the START grant from the Federal Chancellery Austria Film Department, the Gerd Ruge grant from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW , the Thuringian Film Fund, the EuroDoc program, the Nipkow program, the MDM Kontakt Tag and the Rough Cut Service. The production was funded by the Federal Chancellery Austria Section II Art and Culture, Central German Media Funding , Kuratorium Junge deutscher Film , Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Carinthian Film Funding. The ORF film / television agreement and RBB - Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (editor: Jens Stubenrauch) were also involved in the production. The production was also supported by the ARRI International Support Program, the Austrian Cultural Forum Moscow, the Austrian Film Commission and German Films .
The film is worldwide distributed by Deckert Distribution. The official theatrical release in Austria, Germany and the USA has been postponed from spring / summer 2020 to autumn / winter 2020 due to the Covid-19 health crisis.
criticism
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote about Space Dogs at the Locarno Film Festival 2019 “An illuminating cinematic essay that towered over the Locarno competition 'Filmmakers of the Present'.” Rüdiger Suchsland reviewed the film in a radio interview from Locarno on Deutschlandfunk : “A philosophical, deep film who does what theater should do: show unseen images ". Cineuropa titled Space Dogs as the kontroversesten film in Locarno in 2019 (" Like a real fairy tale, this film can roam our thoughts. "). The British film review website DMovies wrote: “One of the most bizarre documentaries ever made!” The Neue Zürcher Zeitung during Locarno, “You don't have to 'get involved with this film', it just won't let you go.” The Italian Internazionale, "The film succeeds in the unexpected miracle of creating a cosmic feeling in which we are all united, men and animals - a remarkable film about life taken from an angle never seen before." The Wiener Zeitung wrote during the Viennale reporting, "Eine of the most extraordinary cinematic works of this year's Viennale. ” FM4 also in the context of the Viennale,“ Bizarre and wonderful - a captivating and moving film. ”
Alexander Horwath on Space Dogs: “Finding the right distance from the world and then settling down there - that is one of the greatest challenges, not just in the cinema. Space Dogs masters this task with rare elegance: in its respectful-insistent closeness to the dogs and in its fairytale distant view of the historical and physical space that envelops them and us. "
Awards and film festivals
- Vienna Film Award "Best Austrian Film" (2019)
- Erste Bank MehrWERT Film Award (Viennale 2019)
- Special Jury Award (FIDOCS Chile 2019)
- Special mention by the Junior Jury Cineasti del Presente (Locarno 2019)
- Special Mention by the ISPEC Cultura Jury (Locarno 2019)
- Special Mention by the New Waves - Non Fiction Jury (Sevilla Film Festival 2019)
The film celebrated its world premiere in August 2019 at the Locarno Film Festival in the “Cineasti del Presente” section, where it received two honorable mentions from the “Junior Jury” and the “ISPEC Cultura Jury”. At the Viennale 2019 the film was awarded the Vienna Film Prize as “Best Austrian Film” and received the “ Erste Bank MehrWERT Filmpreis”. At the FIDOCS film festival in Santiago de Chile the film received the “Special Jury Award” and at the Seville Film Festival the film received an honorable mention from the “New Waves - Non Fiction” jury. The composer John Gürtler received the composition prize at DOK.fest Munich 2016 for developing the film music .
Space Dogs has been presented at over 40 film festivals worldwide, including a. at Mar del Plata IFF , Tallinn Black Nights IFF , Dok Leipzig , CPH: Dox, Torino IFF , Sevilla IFF, Mostra Sao Paulo , TIDF Taipei, RIDM Montreal.
The film was rated “particularly valuable” by the German film and media rating : “A daring film which, in addition to its formal and narrative qualities, impressively proves that the cinema is still a place where we know about ourselves and the state of the world can think and experience new impulses. "
Web links
- Official website
- Space Dogs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Space Dogs at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ SPACE DOGS DE - SPACE TIME FILM. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Michael Ranze, Locarno: Locarno Film Festival: Well invented is otherwise true . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed February 15, 2020]).
- ↑ Locarno International Film Festival - “What cinema has to do: show unseen images”. Accessed February 15, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Review: Space Dogs. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
- ^ Space Dogs - Film Review. In: DMovies. August 9, 2019, accessed February 15, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ Denise Bucher: Can the independent film exist next to Netflix and Disney? Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Francesco Boille: A Locarno spiccano le Contraddizioni del mondo presente. August 13, 2019, accessed February 15, 2020 (Italian).
- ^ Matthias Greuling, Verena Franke: "Films are lifetime". Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Viennale: The easiest way to travel. November 2, 2019, accessed February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Festival archive film awards | Viennale. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
- ^ Space Dogs. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .