Laila Pakalnina
Biography
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.
Acting (1 movie)
Directing (46 movies)
Visions of Europe
2004
Pizzas
2012
The Shoe
1998
Dream Land
2004
The Python
2003
Theodore
2006
Homes
2021
Silence (Elements)
2009
The Ferry
1994
The Linen
1991
The Mail
1995
Hello, Horse!
2017
Bus
2004
Wake Up!
2001
33 Animals of Santa Claus
2011
Stones (Elements)
2008
On Rubik's Road
2010
Hey, Rasma!
2015
Dawn
2015
Snow Crazy
2012
Forty Two
2013
Dream
2016
Waterfall
2016
The Oak
1997
The Hostage
2006
In the Mirror
2020
Spoon
2019
The First Bridge
2020
Papa Gena
2001
The Water (Elements)
2006
Fire (Elements)
2007
Three Men and a Fish Pond
2008
Short Film About Life
2014
The Chimney
2013
Martin
2002
Hotel and a Ball
2014
Annas Ziemassvētki
1992
It'll Be Fine
2004
Church
1993
Ubāns
1995
The Cathedral
1991
Iešana
1991
Termini
2025
A Dream of Snow
2014
Scarecrows
2025
Cat on my Mind
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Linen | 1991 | Writer |
| Iešana | 1991 | Writer |
| The Cathedral | 1991 | Writer |
| Annas Ziemassvētki | 1992 | Writer |
| Church | 1993 | Writer |
| The Ferry | 1994 | Writer |
| The Mail | 1995 | Writer |
| Ubāns | 1995 | Writer |
| Ubāns | 1995 | Producer |
| The Oak | 1997 | Producer |
| The Oak | 1997 | Writer |
| The Shoe | 1998 | Writer |
| The Shoe | 1998 | Producer |
| Papa Gena | 2001 | Writer |
| Papa Gena | 2001 | Producer |
| Wake Up! | 2001 | Writer |
| Martin | 2002 | Writer |
| Martin | 2002 | Producer |
| The Python | 2003 | Writer |
| The Python | 2003 | Producer |
| It'll Be Fine | 2004 | Writer |
| It'll Be Fine | 2004 | Producer |
| Visions of Europe | 2004 | Writer |
| Visions of Europe | 2004 | Producer |
| Bus | 2004 | Writer |
| Bus | 2004 | Producer |
| Dream Land | 2004 | Writer |
| The Water (Elements) | 2006 | Producer |
| The Water (Elements) | 2006 | Writer |
| The Hostage | 2006 | Producer |
| The Hostage | 2006 | Writer |
| Theodore | 2006 | Writer |
| Fire (Elements) | 2007 | Producer |
| Fire (Elements) | 2007 | Writer |
| Stones (Elements) | 2008 | Writer |
| Stones (Elements) | 2008 | Producer |
| Silence (Elements) | 2009 | Producer |
| Silence (Elements) | 2009 | Writer |
| On Rubik's Road | 2010 | Writer |
| On Rubik's Road | 2010 | Producer |
| 33 Animals of Santa Claus | 2011 | Writer |
| 33 Animals of Santa Claus | 2011 | Producer |
| Snow Crazy | 2012 | Writer |
| Pizzas | 2012 | Writer |
| Pizzas | 2012 | Producer |
| Forty Two | 2013 | Producer |
| Forty Two | 2013 | Writer |
| The Chimney | 2013 | Writer |
| The Chimney | 2013 | Producer |
| Short Film About Life | 2014 | Writer |
| Short Film About Life | 2014 | Producer |
| Hotel and a Ball | 2014 | Producer |
| Hotel and a Ball | 2014 | Writer |
| Face | 2014 | Producer |
| Hey, Rasma! | 2015 | Producer |
| Hey, Rasma! | 2015 | Writer |
| Dawn | 2015 | Writer |
| Dawn | 2015 | Producer |
| Dream | 2016 | Writer |
| Dream | 2016 | Producer |
| Waterfall | 2016 | Writer |
| Waterfall | 2016 | Producer |
| Hello, Horse! | 2017 | Producer |
| Hello, Horse! | 2017 | Writer |
| Spoon | 2019 | Writer |
| Spoon | 2019 | Producer |
| The First Bridge | 2020 | Producer |
| The First Bridge | 2020 | Writer |
| In the Mirror | 2020 | Producer |
| In the Mirror | 2020 | Writer |
| Homes | 2021 | Producer |
| Termini | 2025 | Writer |
| Termini | 2025 | Producer |
| Scarecrows | 2025 | Writer |
| Cat on my Mind | 2025 | Writer |
| Cat on my Mind | 2025 | Producer |