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Latvian Academy of Culture has created an informative manual on the development and use of subtitles and audio descriptions in cultural events

The Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA) in cooperation with the Riga International Film Festival within the framework of the educational ERASMUS+ project "Audio Description Against Exclusion" has created a unique manual. For the first time in Latvian, there is now available material that summarizes the most important theses that must be considered to create and use an audio description and/or descriptive subtitles at cultural events. The material can be found on the website of the LKA theater house "Zirgu pasts".

Representatives of the Department of Audiovisual Arts of the Latvian Academy of Culture are visiting LMTA Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija in Vilnius

As part of the Erasmus+ project "Joint Development of Qualification Standards for Film Occupations" (FilmSkills), representatives of the Department of Audiovisual Arts of the Latvian Academy of Culture are visiting LMTA Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija in Vilnius this week. Together with Lithuanian and Estonian colleagues they are working on job descriptions for Baltic filmmakers, developing the content of training courses and discussing possible certification and examination principles. Yesterday the working group of the project also attended the opening event of the Vilnius short film festival.