Laila Pakalnina
Birthday: 1962-06-04
Birthplace: Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Gender: Female
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.
Credits
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Čuksti pagrabā | |
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2026-03-03 | Scarecrows |
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2025-11-13 | Cat on my Mind |
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2024-10-24 | Termini |
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2021-11-19 | Homes |
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2020-11-22 | In the Mirror |
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2020-04-17 | The First Bridge |
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2019-06-30 | Spoon |
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2017-08-21 | Hello, Horse! |
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2016-04-17 | Waterfall |
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2016-01-01 | Dream |
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2015-11-23 | Dawn |
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2015-03-10 | Hey, Rasma! |
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2014-04-27 | Hotel and a Ball |
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2014-04-11 | A Dream of Snow |
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2014-01-01 | Short Film About Life |
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2013-05-04 | The Chimney |
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2013-01-01 | Forty Two |
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2012-11-11 | Pizzas |
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2012-01-01 | Snow Crazy |
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2011-08-30 | 33 Animals of Santa Claus |
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2010-04-05 | On Rubik's Road |
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2009-04-11 | Silence (Elements) |
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2008-05-04 | Stones (Elements) |
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2008-05-04 | Three Men and a Fish Pond |
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2007-01-01 | Fire (Elements) |
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2006-08-31 | Theodore |
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2006-05-01 | The Hostage |
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2006-01-01 | The Water (Elements) |
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2004-11-05 | Dream Land |
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2004-09-18 | Bus |
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2004-05-01 | Visions of Europe |
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2004-01-01 | It'll Be Fine |
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2003-09-01 | The Python |
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2002-11-10 | Martin |
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2001-10-26 | Wake Up! |
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2001-06-06 | Papa Gena |
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1998-03-01 | The Shoe |
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1997-01-01 | The Oak |
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1995-12-27 | Ubāns |
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1995-01-01 | The Mail |
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1994-01-01 | The Ferry |
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1993-01-01 | Church |
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1992-01-01 | Annas Ziemassvētki |
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1991-01-01 | The Linen |
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1991-01-01 | The Cathedral |
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1991-01-01 | Iešana |