Laila Pakalnina
Directing
1962-06-04 · 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.
Filmography
Scarecrows
2026 · Movie
Cat on My Mind
2025 · Movie
Termini
2024 · Movie
Homes
2021 · Movie
In the Mirror
2020 · Movie
The First Bridge
2020 · Movie
Spoon
2019 · Movie
Hello, Horse!
2017 · Movie
Waterfall
2016 · Movie
Dream
2016 · Movie
Dawn
2015 · Movie
Hey, Rasma!
2015 · Movie
Face
2014 · Movie
Hotel and a Ball
2014 · Movie
A Dream of Snow
2014 · Movie
Short Film About Life
2014 · Movie
The Chimney
2013 · Movie
Forty Two
2013 · Movie
Pizzas
2012 · Movie
Snow Crazy
2012 · Movie
33 Animals of Santa Claus
2011 · Movie
On Rubik's Road
2010 · Movie
Silence (Elements)
2009 · Movie
Three Men and a Fish Pond
2008 · Movie
Stones (Elements)
2008 · Movie
Fire (Elements)
2007 · Movie
Theodore
2006 · Movie
The Hostage
2006 · Movie
The Water (Elements)
2006 · Movie
Dream Land
2004 · Movie
Bus
2004 · Movie
Visions of Europe
2004 · Movie
It'll Be Fine
2004 · Movie
The Python
2003 · Movie
Martin
2002 · Movie
Wake Up!
2001 · Movie
Papa Gena
2001 · Movie
The Shoe
1998 · Movie
The Oak
1997 · Movie
Ubāns
1995 · Movie
The Mail
1995 · Movie
The Ferry
1994 · Movie
Church
1993 · Movie
Annas Ziemassvētki
1992 · Movie
The Cathedral
1991 · Movie
Iešana
1991 · Movie
The Linen
1991 · Movie
Whisper in the Cellar
Movie