Cinematic Art

Published: 02.12.2020.

The jurisdiction of the Ministry in the field of film art is:

Promote sustainable development and competitiveness of the film industry of Latvia;
To promote audiovisual creative work and accessibility and dissemination of audiovisual heritage in Latvia and in the world;
To coordinate participation of the film industry in the European support programs for the film industry;
To register film producers, distributors and distribution sites as well as according to jurisdiction to perform supervision and control of the film distribution sector;
To develop a data base of the film industry;
To maintain, manage and develop museum collection in the field of Latvian audiovisual culture as part of the National museum collection;
To carry out scientific research of the museum collection in the field of audiovisual culture of Latvia;
To carry out educational work and inform different target audiences about the audiovisual culture of Latvia;
To ensure that the museum collection in the field of Latvian audiovisual culture would be accessible to the community.