Personal Information: Elvita Ruka, born: 19 July 1970Latvian, Citizen of the Republic of LatviaEducation 1991–1998: History of Art and Science Studies at the Academy of Art.Professional Experience2008: President of the International Film Festival “Arsenāls”;2006 – 2008: Project Manager at the Creative Association “Rīgas Kinostudija”;1999 – 2006: Producer, Script Writer and Author at the film studio “Vides Filmustudija”; independent producer and project manager;2002, 2000 and 1998: Head of the Media Centre of Film Forum “Arsenāls”;1999: Project Manager at the public relations agency “PR Stils”;1997: Editor at “Māksla plus” magazine;1996 –1999: Media Secretary at the State Inspectorate for Heritage Protection (parallelpublications in media and projects for TV broadcasts);1994–1996: Journalist’s position at the newspaper “Education and Culture” andEditor’s position at Latvian Ministry of Culture supplement “News of Culture”.In parallel: independent publicist’s activities (in total about 500 publications)Additional Education, Courses2000, 2001: Common Production courses in Denmark organised by “Baltic MediaCenter”2004: Script writing development courses “SOURCE” organised by MEDIA PLUS2007, 2009: Script writing workshop by Aleksandrs Mitta
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