Levin Peter | Writer & Director

Levin Peter was born in 1985 in Jena, Germany. His first documentary “Prestes Maia” (in co-production with ZDF/ARTE), about the largest occupied building in Latin America, was shot in 2007 in São Paulo. In September 2008, he started to study documentary filmmaking at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His feature-length documentary “Beyond the Snowstorm” won the First Steps Award for „Best Documentary“. His works have been shown and awarded at various international film festivals. Since 2014, Levin Peter works as a director based in Vienna. Together with Elsa Kremser he recently started his own production company, RAUMZEITFILM.

FOR WHOM I MIGHT DIE (Short Fiction / 20 minutes / 2016)
Festival: Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film

HEIMSUCHUNG (Installation / 25 minutes / 2015)
Festival: Cresc. Biennale für Moderne Musik, Frankfurt am Main

A PROMISE (Documentary / 70 minutes / 2012)
Festivals: Visions du Réel Nyon ‚International Competition‘, Vilnius Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul Documentary Film Festival, Achtung Berlin, Alanya Film Days

SONOR (Documentary / 37 minutes / 2010)
Festivals: ‚Honorary Mention’ Visions du Réel International Competition, Festival dei Popoli, Hofer Filmtage, Kasseler Dokumentarfilmfest, ‚Best Academic Award’ FEST Portugal, ‚Best Director’ BosiFest Belgrad, Gold Panda Award Szechuan ‚Nominated’, ForumDoc Belo Horizonte, Hamburg International Short Film Festival

NACHTWALD (Installation / 11 minutes / 2009)
Festival: ExGround Filmfestival Wiesbaden

PRESTES MAIA (Documentary / 52 minutes / 2008)
Festivals: Nominated for the German Human Rights Film Award, MDR Young Film Award ‘Best Documentary’, Rio Int. Film Festival, Thessaloniki Int. Film Festival, FIPA Biarritz, Nominated at MiradasDoc, Nominated at ‘World Against Torture Award’ IFF Geneve