National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture
The National Film School in Latvia is the structural unit of the Latvian Academy of Culture. The aim of the National Film School is to implement academic and professional higher education programmes, life-long learning and professional development programmes that are up-to-date and in line with international standards.
The National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture not only provides modern infrastructure and technical base in the education of audiovisual art, but also proceeds as the producer of student works, which are created in the study process, publishes theoretical, empirical and methodological research studies in the field of audiovisual arts, as well as organizes various events, such as film screenings, etc.
The National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture is also in charge of archiving the audiovisual works of students, which have been created in the study process, to provide access and opportunity for public presentation of these films at different film screening events and film festivals both in Latvia and abroad. The National Film School is actively collaborating with several foreign universities especially in the Baltics States and Nordic countries that specializes in the field of audiovisual art.