Rastorguev, Alexander Evgenievich

Born in 1971 in Rostov-on-Don.

He studied at the faculty of Rostov State University . In 1999 he graduated from the State Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg ( 1998 ).

He worked as a director of the Don-TR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company . For shooting the film “Clean Thursday”, the creative team of the film was fired by the leadership of Don-TR ^[4] . He worked in the St. Petersburg edition of the NTV channel . In 2001 he organized the studio "Cinema".

He lived and worked in Rostov-on-Don . As a director, he co-authored here with documentary filmmaker Pavel Kostomarov the documentaries I Love You (2010) and I Don't Love You (2012). Films were presented at several foreign film festivals ( France , Netherlands ). In 2011, Alexander Rastorguev presented his film “I Love You” in the competition program of the Rotterdam Festival.

In 2009, Alexander Rastorguev wrote a manifesto for a new movie specifically for OpenSpace.ru ^[5] .

In 2010, he signed the appeal of the Russian opposition " Putin must leave ."

Arrested on December 10, 2011 in Rostov-on-Don for participating in local rallies of protest against falsification of the results of elections to the State Duma ^[6] .

In 2012, together with NTV host Alexei Pivovarov and documentary Pavel Kostomarov, he created the Internet project “Term” . In December of the same year, he launched the large-scale documentary project “Reality” together with them ^[7] . Together with them and other co-authors: Antoine Kattin , Susanna Baranzhieva and Dmitry Kubasov, conducts a casting, looking for potential heroes of the project.

In March 2014, he signed a letter “We are with you!” By the Cinema Union in support of Ukraine ^[8] .

Murder

He was killed on July 30, 2018, along with two colleagues - Orkhan Jemal and Kirill Radchenko - in the Central African Republic . There, according to media reports, he made a film about the activities of the “ Wagner Group ” ^[9] .

He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow, section 19.

In January 2019, an investigation was published in Novaya Gazeta according to which the local driver of Russian journalists, Bjenvenu Duvokama, was connected with the former officer of the gendarmerie of the Central African Republic, Emmanuel Kotofio, who, in turn, was connected with the Russian citizen Alexander, who was in the Central African Republic at that time. Cell, related to the "Wagner group" ^[10] .

On January 11, 2019, an official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation issued a statement saying that the death of Alexander Rastorguev and his fellow journalists occurred due to the incorrect organization of the trip by the Center for Investigation Management (SDG). In addition, the TFR believes that the publication of the SDG Internet project on the death of Russian journalists “aims to justify their own miscalculations in the preparation of a dangerous trip”, in connection with which new versions are put forward and attempts are made to accuse those not involved in the tragedy ^[11] .

The Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper published a message from the Russian embassy in the Central African Republic stating that the Bienvenu Duvokam driver answered questions from the Russian diplomat in a confused and slurred manner. However, the driver’s testimony, without reservation, was cited in the official report of the Investigative Committee of Russia on the murder investigation ^[12] .

In its search, it is close to the “new drama”, the direction of the Theater.doc . Collaborated with Vitaly Mansky as a screenwriter and producer. The permanent co-author of Alexander Evgenievich was the screenwriter Susanna Baranzhieva .

• 1997 - Goodbye Boys
• 1997 - The Draft ^[13]
• 2000 - My Century
• 2000 - “Your Family”
• 2001 - “Mountain”
• 2001 - “Mom”
• 2003 - Clean Thursday
• 2005 - “Wild, wild beach. The heat of the tender
• 2008 - “Fries and Moms”
• 2010 - “ I Love You ” (co-authored with Pavel Kostomarov )
• 2012 - “I Don't Love You” (co-authored with Pavel Kostomarov )
• 2013 - “ Term ” (co-authored with Pavel Kostomarov and Alexei Pivovarov )
• 2019 - “Three years have passed” the last unfinished documentary of Alexander Rastorguev

• 2012 - Nomination for the prize "Free Spirit" of the Warsaw International Film Festival , Poland - the film "I do not love you"
• 2008 - Special Jury Prize Artdocfest - the film "Fries and Moms" ^[14]
• 2006 - Special prize of the jury of the international film festival in Amsterdam - the film “Wild, wild beach. The heat of the tender
• 2006 - The White Elephant Award for the best documentary of the Guild of Film Critics and Film Critics of Russia - the film Wild, Wild Beach. The heat of the tender
• 2006 - Award "Triumph" - the film "Wild, wild beach. The heat of the tender
• 2005 - Laurel Award for the best non-fiction film on film or video - film Wild, Wild Beach. The heat of the tender ” ^[15]
• 2002 - Grand Prix of the open festival of documentary films "Russia" in Yekaterinburg - the film "Moms"
• 2001 - Laurel Branch Award for the best full-length non-fiction television film or film shot on video - the film Mummies ^[16]
• 2000 - Prize of the National Television Competition “TEFI-2000” in the nomination “Director” for the film “Your Family”.

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• Rastorguev, Alexander Evgenievich (English) on the Internet Movie Database
• Rastorguev Alexander Evgenievich (neopr.) . Jury . National Prize in the field of non-fiction films and television "Laurel Branch" . Date of treatment March 20, 2013. Archived March 21, 2013.
• Authors of the project (neopr.) . Reality. Date of treatment March 20, 2013. Archived March 21, 2013.
• Alexander Rastorguev (neopr.) (Inaccessible link - history ) . Names Encyclopedia of domestic cinema edited by Lyubov Arkus . Date of treatment March 20, 2013. (unavailable link)
• Alla Lenko. Documentary documentary Alexander Rastorguev (neopr.) (Inaccessible link - history ) . Interview ROSTOV.RU (2006). Date of treatment March 20, 2013. (unavailable link)
• Zara Abdullaeva . Mughal mogul. "Wild. Wild beach. The heat of the tender ”, director Alexander Rastorguev // The Art of Cinema . - 2005. - No. 8 . - ISSN 0130-6405 .
• Rastorguev Alexander (neopr.) . Names "Session" . Date of treatment March 20, 2013. Archived March 21, 2013.
• Night on the Fifth (neopr.) . Channel Five (March 5, 2010). Date of treatment March 20, 2013. Archived March 21, 2013.
• Kirill Sorokin. "Reality.doc" and the Beat Film Festival: What is happening in the cinema? (unspecified) . "What's going on . " The Village (October 14, 2013). - Interview with Alexander Rastorguev. Date of appeal October 16, 2013.