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

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