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A new name, a new home, and a new exhibition \u2013 on August 21, the Latvian Cinema Museum opens its doors at Miera Street 58a with Creating Worlds: Latvian Film Designers and Film Artists<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n This year marks important changes for the museum. It now carries a name that better reflects its mission \u2013 the Latvian Film Museum<\/strong> \u2013 and has moved into new premises in Riga, at Miera Street 58a. To celebrate, the museum invites visitors to discover the exhibition Creating Worlds: Latvian Film Designers and Film Artists<\/em>, opening on August 21.<\/p>\n In 21st-century Latvian cinema, the term art department<\/em> has become established, referring to the professionals who create the visual environment that brings a director\u2019s artistic vision to life. The exhibition highlights these often less visible, but essential figures of filmmaking \u2013 set designers, costume creators, make-up and special effects artists \u2013 and showcases their vital contributions to Latvia\u2019s film industry.<\/p>\n Creating Worlds: Latvian Film Designers and Film Artists<\/em> spans more than a century of cinematic artistry in Latvia \u2013 from the very first feature film produced in the Republic of Latvia, Es kar\u0101 aiziedams \/ As I Went to War<\/em>\u00a0(1920), to the film productions of the 2020s. Visitors will discover unique pieces of film history: original sketches of sets, costumes, and make-up alongside their on-screen realizations, technologies used in creating special effects across different eras, reconstructions of iconic Latvian film environments, and much more.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new name, a new home, and a new exhibition \u2013 on August 21, the Latvian Cinema Museum opens its doors at Miera Street 58a with Creating Worlds: Latvian Film Designers and Film Artists. This year marks important changes for the museum. It now carries a name that better reflects its mission \u2013 the Latvian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,11,1],"tags":[17,22],"class_list":["post-6762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notikumi","category-arhivs","category-uncategorized","tag-slidelv","tag-slideuk"],"yoast_head":"\n