Laila Pakalnina
Directing
Born June 4, 1962 · Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Laila Pakalniņa is a Latvian art-house filmmaker. She graduated from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK), Department of Film Direction, in 1991. A director and scriptwriter of 31 documentaries, 5 shorts, and 5 fiction features, altogether she has 41 films, 2 children, 1 husband, 2 dogs and 2 bicycles. Her films have screened in official programmes at Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rome and other international festivals, where they have won numerous awards.
Directed (47)
Scarecrows
2026
Cat on my Mind
2025
Termini
2024
Homes
2021
In the Mirror
2020
The First Bridge
2020
Spoon
2019
Hello, Horse!
2017
Waterfall
2016
Dream
2016
Dawn
2015
Hey, Rasma!
2015
Hotel and a Ball
2014
A Dream of Snow
2014
Short Film About Life
2014
The Chimney
2013
Forty Two
2013
Pizzas
2012
Snow Crazy
2012
33 Animals of Santa Claus
2011
On Rubik's Road
2010
Silence (Elements)
2009
Stones (Elements)
2008
Three Men and a Fish Pond
2008
Fire (Elements)
2007
Theodore
2006
The Hostage
2006
The Water (Elements)
2006
Dream Land
2004
Bus
2004
Visions of Europe
2004
It'll Be Fine
2004
The Python
2003
Martin
2002
Wake Up!
2001
Papa Gena
2001
The Shoe
1998
The Oak
1997
Ubāns
1995
The Mail
1995
The Ferry
1994
Church
1993
Annas Ziemassvētki
1992
The Linen
1991
Iešana
1991
The Cathedral
1991
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