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, Writer, Producer

The Shoe
Director, Writer, Producer

Dream Land
Director, Writer

The Python
Director, Writer, Producer

Theodore
Director, Writer

Homes
Producer, Director

Silence (Elements)
Director, Producer, Writer

The Ferry
Director, Writer

The Linen
Director, Writer

The Mail
Director, Writer

Dawn
Writer, Director, Producer

Hello, Horse!
Director, Producer, Writer

Bus
Writer, Director, Producer

Wake Up!
Writer, Director

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

Snow Crazy
Director, Writer

Forty Two
Director, Producer, Writer

Dream
Director, Writer, Producer

Waterfall
Director, Writer, Producer

The Oak
Director, Producer, Writer

The Hostage
Producer, Director, Writer

In the Mirror
Director, Producer, Writer

Spoon
Director, Writer, Producer

The First Bridge
Director, Producer, Writer

Papa Gena
Writer, Director, Producer

The Water (Elements)
Producer, Director, Writer

Three Men and a Fish Pond
Editor, Director

Fire (Elements)
Director, Producer, Writer

Short Film About Life
Director, Writer, Producer

The Chimney
Writer, Director, Producer

Martin
Writer, Producer, Director

Hotel and a Ball
Director, Producer, Writer

It'll Be Fine
Writer, Director, Producer

Church
Writer, Director

Annas Ziemassvētki
Director, Writer
Iešana
Writer, Director
The Cathedral
Writer, Director
Ubāns
Director, Writer, Producer

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