SPACE DOGS

By Elsa KREMSER, Levin PETER

FILM HARBOUR - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2019

Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. A legend says that she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants.

Festivals
& Awards

Viennale 2019
Wiener Filmpreis for the best Austrian Film // ExtraVALUE Film Award
Locarno IFF 2019
Special Mention "Giuria dei Giovani", Special Mention "Premio ISPEC Cultura"
FIDOCS 2019
Special Jury Award
CPH:DOX 2020
POLITIKEN:DANISH:DOX
Film Fest Gent 2020
Official Selection: New Voices
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Doc Market
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • AUSTRIA, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 91 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Elsa KREMSER, Levin PETER
    • Producer(s)
    • Elsa KREMSER (RAUMZEITFILM Produktion), Levin PETER (RAUMZEITFILM Produktion)
    • 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 erspective, 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.