CV BIOGRAPHY
Alexander Rusevich (born in Riga, Latvia) is an artist and a filmmaker, who works with various media painting, photography, and video. He's interested in the relationship between images and events, history and religion, between fact and fiction. His feature short film “Forget-me-not” (2009) has received the 1st prize in Latvia in the 3rd International short film competition of Goethe Institute “Crossing Boundaries” (Riga, Latvia). In 2011 short film “Try on” was awarded in the International programme at Zubroffka Film Festival (Bialystok, Poland). He studied photography in Riga College (Latvia), and panting in the Center of Creative Studies (Detroit, USA) in 2001. In 2008 Alexander graduated from the Academy of Culture of Latvia with Bachelor of Arts degree, and studied film directing within the MA program in the Latvian Academy of Culture in 2010. |
EDUCATION
2010 Film directing, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia
2004 – 2008 BA degree in Art, TV and Film, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia
1999 – 2001 Iconography and painting, Center of Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
1997 – 1998 Degree in Photography, Riga 34 college, Latvia
FILMOGRAPHY
2021 – “Angelus Novus Novus”, a single channel video installation
2021 – “Peregrination”, a 3-channel experimental video installation (in post-production)
2010 – Short film “Try on”
2009 – Short film “Forget-Me-Not”
2008 – Short film “Arcana XV”
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 – CON-NON-CON gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014 – BOX 33 Création gallery, Bormes-les-Mimosas, France
2003 – Hamtramck Proper, Hamtramck, USA
2003 – Centre of Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
2002 – Our Town, Birmingham, USA
AWARDS
2011 – 3rd Award in International Competition, Zubroffka Film Festival, Bialystok, Poland
2009 – 1st prize, “Crossing Boundaries” Latvia Competition, Goethe Institute, Latvia
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
2014 – Bałtycka Majówka Film Festival, Poznan, Poland
2012-2014 – Eurochannel Tour 4 in Latin America, USA, Canada, France and Portugal
2012 – International Film Festival Kratkofil Plus, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 – Lucania Film Festival, official selection 2012, Pisticci, Italy
2012 – Concorto Film Festival 2012, official competition, Italy
2012 – International Panorama Film Festival, Patras, Greece
2012 – Cottbus International Film Festival, Cottbus, Germany
2011 – Zubroffka Film Festival, Bialystok, Poland
2011 – 2Annas Short Film Festival, Riga, Latvia
2010 – Early Melons Film Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 – Shnit-OPEN Film Festival, International competition, Bern, Switzerland
2009 – Goethe Institute “Crossing Boundaries” Latvia
2009 – Interfilm 25 Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2008 – K. Suns cinema, Riga, Latvia
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
2009 – “Youth in Action” workshop, Munster, Germany
2009 – Youth media “Youth4Media” workshop, Brussels, Belgium
2007 – Directing and scriptwriting, workshop with director Boris Frumin, Riga, Latvia
2006 – Camera and analogue 16mm and 35 mm film, Kodak workshop Riga, Latvia
2005 – Scriptwriting, workshop with director Fred Kellemen, Riga, Latvia
2010 Film directing, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia
2004 – 2008 BA degree in Art, TV and Film, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia
1999 – 2001 Iconography and painting, Center of Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
1997 – 1998 Degree in Photography, Riga 34 college, Latvia
FILMOGRAPHY
2021 – “Angelus Novus Novus”, a single channel video installation
2021 – “Peregrination”, a 3-channel experimental video installation (in post-production)
2010 – Short film “Try on”
2009 – Short film “Forget-Me-Not”
2008 – Short film “Arcana XV”
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 – CON-NON-CON gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014 – BOX 33 Création gallery, Bormes-les-Mimosas, France
2003 – Hamtramck Proper, Hamtramck, USA
2003 – Centre of Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
2002 – Our Town, Birmingham, USA
AWARDS
2011 – 3rd Award in International Competition, Zubroffka Film Festival, Bialystok, Poland
2009 – 1st prize, “Crossing Boundaries” Latvia Competition, Goethe Institute, Latvia
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
2014 – Bałtycka Majówka Film Festival, Poznan, Poland
2012-2014 – Eurochannel Tour 4 in Latin America, USA, Canada, France and Portugal
2012 – International Film Festival Kratkofil Plus, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 – Lucania Film Festival, official selection 2012, Pisticci, Italy
2012 – Concorto Film Festival 2012, official competition, Italy
2012 – International Panorama Film Festival, Patras, Greece
2012 – Cottbus International Film Festival, Cottbus, Germany
2011 – Zubroffka Film Festival, Bialystok, Poland
2011 – 2Annas Short Film Festival, Riga, Latvia
2010 – Early Melons Film Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 – Shnit-OPEN Film Festival, International competition, Bern, Switzerland
2009 – Goethe Institute “Crossing Boundaries” Latvia
2009 – Interfilm 25 Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2008 – K. Suns cinema, Riga, Latvia
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
2009 – “Youth in Action” workshop, Munster, Germany
2009 – Youth media “Youth4Media” workshop, Brussels, Belgium
2007 – Directing and scriptwriting, workshop with director Boris Frumin, Riga, Latvia
2006 – Camera and analogue 16mm and 35 mm film, Kodak workshop Riga, Latvia
2005 – Scriptwriting, workshop with director Fred Kellemen, Riga, Latvia
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