ABOUT – RAUMZEITFILM

RAUMZEITFILM was founded 2016 by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter and is based in Vienna. As a directing duo, we created an environment to independently produce our films with a maximum of artistic freedom. We are heading for unconventional forms of cinema that deal with the perception of space and time.

ELSA KREMSER

Elsa Kremser was born in 1985 in Wolfsberg, Austria. After graduating in Film Studies from the University of Vienna, she started her second study at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. As an author and producer, she has realized numerous short and documentary films that have been shown and awarded worldwide. Her diploma film NEBEL received a honorable mention at the Berlinale and was shown in Locarno, at Visions du Réel and many other festivals. After working for Navigator Film Production, she founded the Vienna based production company RAUMZEITFILM together with Levin Peter in 2016. She was a jury member of Visions du Réel and participated in Nipkow and EuroDoc program. In 2017 she received the Berlinale Kompagnon Award for the development of her first fiction film THE GREEN PARROT.

FILMOGRAPHY

NEBEL

Producer & Author
Documentary / 2014 / 60 min
Directed by Nicole Vögele
Website

Berlinale Perspective 'Honorable Mention'
Locarno Film Festival
Visions du Réel Nyon
Nominated 'German Art Film Award'
Minsk IFF Listapad 'Poetic Film Award'
Porto/Post/Doc 'Upcoming Artist Award'
Sehsüchte FF 'Best Documentary' & 'Best Camera'
DOK.fest Munich
Taiwan IDFF
Festival dei Popoli
Cinema Veritè IFF Iran
Diagonale

A PROMISE

Producer & Author
Documentary / 2012 / 70 min
Directed by Levin Peter
Website

Visions du Réel Nyon
Vilnius IDFF
Istanbul IDFF
Achtung Berlin Film Festival
Nominated for Gold Panda Award Sechuan

KEDI

Producer
Documentary / 2012 / 30 min
Directed by Stefan Neuberger
Website

Int. Short Film festival Oberhausen
Busan Short Film Festival
New Horizons IFF
Hors Pistes Tokyo initiated by Centre Pompidou
Duhok IFF
Astra Film Festival

SONOR

Producer & Author
Documentary / 2010 / 37 min
Directed by Levin Peter
Website

Visions du Réel 'Honorable Mention'
Festival dei Popoli
FEST Portugal 'Best Academic Award'
Hof International Film Festival
Dok Fest Kassel nominated for 'Upcoming Filmmakers Award'
Sechuan nominated for 'Gold Panda Award'
ForumDoc Belo Horizonte
Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg
Bosi Fest Belgrade 'Best Director'

FORMIC

Producer
Animation / 2009 / 4 min
Directed by Roman Kälin & Florian Wittmann
Website

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
New Directors Showcase Cannes Lions
Valladolid Film Festival 'Best Short Film'
SkenaUp Film Festival 'Best Animation'
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 'Jury Award'
Aspen Short Film Festival
Ghent Int. Short Film Festival
exground Filmfest

LEVIN PETER

Levin Peter was born 1985 in Jena, Germany. His first documentary film PRESTES MAIA (in co-production with ZDF/ARTE) about the largest squatted building in Latin America was shot in 2007 in São Paulo. While studying directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg he had created numerous short and documentary films that have been shown and awarded at festivals worldwide. His diploma project, the feature film BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM, won the First Steps Award and was shown at Berlinale. He founded the production company RAUMZEITFILM together with Elsa Kremser in 2016. He was a jury member at Visions du Réel and received the Nipkow and the Gerd Ruge Grant. In 2017 he received the Berlinale Kompagnon Award for the development of his fiction film THE GREEN PARROT.

FILMOGRAPHY

BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM

Director
Documentary / 2016 / 92 min
Website

First Steps Award 'Best Documentary'
Berlinale Perspective 'Special Screening'
Odessa Int. Film Festival
Haifa Int. Film Festival
Festival dei Popoli
Max Ophüls Film Festival
Digaonale
DOK.Fest Munich
Film Columbia New York

FOR WHOM I MIGHT DIE

Director
Short Fiction / 2016 / 20 min

Cresc. Biennale Frankfurt/Main
Diagonale
This Human World Film Festival
Dokufest Prizren

A PROMISE

Director
Documentary / 2012 / 70 min
Website

Visions du Réel Nyon
Vilnius IDFF
Istanbul IDFF
Achtung Berlin Film Festival
Nominated for Gold Panda Award Sechuan

SONOR

Director
Documentary / 2010 / 37 min
Website

Visions du Réel 'Honorable Mention'
Festival dei Popoli
FEST Portugal 'Best Academic Award'
Hof International Film Festival
Dok Fest Kassel nominated for 'Upcoming Filmmakers Award'
Sechuan nominated for 'Gold Panda Award'
ForumDoc Belo Horizonte
Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg
Bosi Fest Belgrade 'Best Director'

PRESTES MAIA

Director
Documentary / 2008 / 52 min
Website

Nominated 'German Human Rights Award'
Rio Int. Film Festival
Thessaloniki Int. Film Festival
FIPA Biarritz
MDR 'Upcoming Filmmakers Award'