Laila Pakalnina

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.
Cast
Crew

Visions of Europe
Director, Writer, Producer

Pizzas
Director, Producer, Writer

The Shoe
Director, Writer, Producer

Dream Land
Director, Writer

The Python
Director, Writer, Producer

Theodore
Director, Writer

Homes
Director, Producer

Silence (Elements)
Director, Writer, Producer

The Ferry
Director, Writer

The Linen
Director, Writer

The Mail
Director, Writer

Dawn
Writer, Director, Producer

Hello, Horse!
Director, Producer, Writer

Bus
Director, Writer, Producer

Wake Up!
Director, Writer

33 Animals of Santa Claus
Director, Writer, Producer

Stones (Elements)
Writer, Director, Producer

On Rubik's Road
Writer, Director, Producer

Hey, Rasma!
Director, Producer, Writer

Forty Two
Director, Writer, Producer

Snow Crazy
Director, Writer

Waterfall
Director, Producer, Writer

Dream
Director, Writer, Producer

The Oak
Director, Writer, Producer

The Hostage
Director, Producer, Writer

In the Mirror
Director, Producer, Writer

Spoon
Director, Writer, Producer

The First Bridge
Director, Writer, Producer

The Water (Elements)
Writer, Director, Producer

Papa Gena
Director, Writer, Producer

Fire (Elements)
Director, Writer, Producer

Three Men and a Fish Pond
Editor, Director

Short Film About Life
Director, Producer, Writer

The Chimney
Writer, Producer, Director

Martin
Director, Writer, Producer

Hotel and a Ball
Director, Producer, Writer

It'll Be Fine
Writer, Director, Producer
The Cathedral
Writer, Director

Church
Director, Writer
Ubāns
Producer, Director, Writer
Iešana
Director, Writer

Annas Ziemassvētki
Director, Writer

Face
Producer

Termini
Director, Writer, Producer

A Dream of Snow
Director
Scarecrows
Director, Writer

Cat on my Mind
Director, Writer, Producer
Čuksti pagrabā
Director, Screenplay, Producer