Work experience
2009 - Present | Assistant ProfessorFaculty of Communication, Department of Communication Studies |
1992 - Present | Editor and film-criticLatvian daily newspaper Diena |
2009 - Present | Board memberLatvian Cultural Foundation |
2006 - 2009 | Employment and vocational integration consultantRiga Film Museum |
2005 - Present | Board MemberFilm Council at Ministry of Culture of Latvia |
1994 - 1998 | TV host and author of the programs about film history |
Education and training
2011 - 2012 | Research scholarNew York University Tisch School of the Arts |
2008 - 2012 | Post graduate degree of ArtsUniversity of Latvia |
1987 - 1992 | Film historian and criticMoscow Film Institute |
Achievements
Supervised study course
Documentary Films
Film History
Introduction to the World and European Authors_ Films
Introduction to the World Film History and Theory I
Introduction to the World Film History and Theory II
Language of Cinema
Language of Cinema, Stylistics and Photography
Film Language
Film Language, Stylistics and Photography
Introduction to World and European Art Films
Lectured study course
Bachelor’s Thesis
Cultural Journalism
Documentary Films
Film History
Final Paper
Introduction to the World and European Authors_ Films
Introduction to the World Film History and Theory I
Introduction to the World Film History and Theory II
Seminar of Bachelor_s Thesis
Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar
Introduction to World and European Art Films
Projects
Author of the exhibitions in Riga film Museum dedicated to the classics of cinema Sergey Eisenstein: The boy of Riga (2008).
Co-author of the exhibitions dedicated to the classics of Latvian cinema:
The Mystery of Janis Streics (2006)
The Forbidden Time of Roland Kalnins (2007).
Memberships
Member of the juries and film critic juries of International Film critics association (FIPRESCI) in Berlin International Film Festival (2010), Venice International Film Festival (2008), Vienna, Stockholm, Cotbus film festivals etc.
Jury member of Latvian national film festival Lielais Kristaps (1998 and 2007).
Jury member of International Festival the Baltic Debut (Svetlogorsk, 2011).
Member of preselection committee of the Student Academy Awards at Academy of the Motion Picture (New York, 2012).
Conferences
Aspects of Style. Seminar organized by the Baltic Film and Media School, Tallinn University, March, 2008 15-16, 2008.
Film Noir Features in Rolands Kalniņš’ Film Stone and Splinters. LU Scientific conference: Historical Interpretation in 20th/21st century Film and Theatre, February 24 – 25, 2010.
Ida Lupino. Female Voice in Film Noir. International seminar: The Female Perspective. Organized by the Norwegian Film Institute, LU Dept. of Communications and the Film School, November 25 – 28, 2010.
Stylistic Features of Film Noir and Neo Noir. International seminar organized by the US Embassy and the Film School. May 4 – 9, 2011.
Is the Past the Future of Film? International seminar, round table, organized by the International Film Festival Arsenāls, September, 2011.
Publications
Research articles
Rietuma, Dita. Rolands Kalniņš un pasaules konteksti / D.Rietuma // Rolanda Kalniņa telpa: deviņas šķautnes viena izcila kinorežisora radošajā darbībā / sastādītājas: K.Matīsa, A.Zeltiņa. - Rīga : Neputns, [2018]. - 17.-48.lpp.
Abstracts
Rietuma, Dita. Latvian cinema : production, genres, audiences / D.Rietuma // Rīga Stradiņš University International Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Sciences "Places" (Riga, Latvia, Apr.2, 2019) : Abstracts / Rīga Stradiņš University. - Rīga, 2019. - P.18.
Rietuma, Dita. Simtgade un bērna skatiens = The centenary and child's gaze / D.Rietuma // Starptautiska zinātniska konference "Vēstures poētika un politika teātrī un kino" = International Research Conference "Poetics and politics of history in film and theatre" (Rīga, Latvija, 2018.g. 29.nov.-1.dec.) : [tēzes] / Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija. Zinātniskās pētniecības centrs. - Rīga, 2018. - 25.lpp. - Teksts paralēli latviešu un angļu valodā.
Books and brochures
Rietuma, Dita. 500 visu laiku filmu filmas / D.Rietuma [arī sastādītāja un redaktore], N.Naumanis. - Rīga : Dienas Grāmata, 2015. - 614, [1] lpp. - Filmu rādītājs: 610.-[615.] lpp.
Rietuma, Dita. Film noir : no pagātnes līdz mūsdienām / D.Rietuma. - Rīga : Dienas Grāmata, 2014. - 254, [1] lpp.
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