ABOUT – RAUMZEITFILM

RAUMZEITFILM was founded 2016 by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter and is based in Vienna. Our production company forms the framework to independently produce our films as a directing duo. In our works we are searching for cinematic transformations of space and time.

ELSA KREMSER

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. She was a jury member of Visions du Réel and participated in the Nipkow Grand and the EuroDoc program. 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 over 60 festivals worldwide and awarded as the "Best Austrian Film 2019" at the Viennale.

FILMOGRAPHY

SPACE DOGS

Director, Author & Producer
Documentary / 2019 / 91 min

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

Born 1985 in Germany, Levin Peter studied at the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg where he realized several documentaries that were shown worldwide. His diploma film BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM won the German Upcoming Film Award and was presented as a Guest at the Berlinale. He was a jury member at Visions du Réel and received the Nipkow and the Gerd Ruge Grant. In 2016 he founded the Vienna-based production company RAUMZEITFILM with Elsa Kremser. 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 over 60 festivals worldwide and awarded as the "Best Austrian Film 2019" at the Viennale.

FILMOGRAPHY

SPACE DOGS

Director, Author & Producer
Documentary / 2019 / 91 min

BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM

Director
Documentary / 2016 / 92 min
Website

First Steps Award 'Best Documentary'
Berlinale Perspective 'Special Screening'
Nominated 'German Film Critics Award'
Odessa Int. Film Festival
Haifa Int. Film Festival
Festival dei Popoli
Max Ophüls Film Festival
Digaonale
DOK.Fest Munich
Film Columbia New York
Minsk IFF Listapad
Cinema Veritè IFF Iran
Hamburg Documentary Week

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'