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The National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture has become the member of European University Film Award (EUFA) network

The European University Film Award (EUFA) was launched in 2016 by Filmfest Hamburg and the European Film Academy (EFA), which is presented and voted by European university students. The aim of this initiative is to involve a younger audience, to spread the "European idea" and to transport the spirit of European cinema to an audience of university students. It shall also support film dissemination, film education and the culture of debating.

Call for papers for the research conference "Culture Crossroads XII"

From November 1 until November 3, 2018 the LAC Research Centre is organizing its annual research conference “Culture Crossroads XII”, which has become a traditional “autumn event” of the Latvian Academy of Culture. Organizers are inviting all researchers and practitioners in the field of culture and arts to submit their applications in order to share their research findings, conclusions and suggestions in the field. The application deadline is October 1, 2018. All applications will be reviewed and included in the agenda of the conference programme for November 2, 2018.

Experience the joy of learning and doing at DEMOLA Latvia Fall ’18 season!

DEMOLA Latvia is a program that gives a problem case to the student team that exists in major Latvian company. During a 4-month period of time (September – December) team learns and creates together, visits the company’s premises and collects overall information about the company and data regarding the problem. During DEMOLA YOU will have 10 lectures on Wednesdays evening that will be about, team-works, client need, problem validation, opportunity to learn and develop presentation abilities and prototyping workshop at RTU Design factory.

The opening event of the collection of research articles of the Latvian Academy of Culture “Te-Ki-La” (Theater and Cinema Readings) and the presentation of the new MA programme “Audiovisual and Performing Arts”

On May 25 at 15:00 the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) will present the collection of research articles “Te-Ki-La: Readings on Theater and Cinema”. The event will take place in conjunction with the presentation of the new MA programme of the LAC “Audiovisual and Performing Arts”. The 6th edition of “Te-Ki-La” will include research articles from the latest graduates of the BA programme “Theory of Audiovisual and Performing Arts”, as well as excerpts from the original plays of the graduates from the MA programme “Theatre Art (Specialization: Contemporary Dramatic Texts)”.

"The Art of Inheritance" and "The Art of Creation": On May 24 and May 25, the Latvian Academy of Culture will host the student research conference "The-Art-of-Knowing"

On May 24 and May 25, 2018, the annual interdisciplinary student research conference “The-Art-of-Knowing” will take place in the main hall of the Latvian Academy of Culture (24 Ludzas street). The first day of the conference will be dedicated to the topic of cultural heritage, called “The Art of Inheritance”, and will be organized within the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, focusing on issues and topicalities of cultural heritage, its diversity, its new and controversial forms as well as inviting the participants of the conference to think of ways how to explore, hear and express our heritage.