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.

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