
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 |