Directing
Laila Pakalnina
LV, XX, EN cinema · 48 credits
Born
4 June 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Also known as Laila Pakalniņa
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.
Known for
Filmography
Čuksti pagrabā
Whisper in the Cellar
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Scarecrows
Director, Writer
Cat on My Mind
Director, Writer, Producer
Termini
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Homes
Producer, Director
In the Mirror
Director, Producer, Writer
The First Bridge
Director, Producer, Writer
Spoon
Director, Writer, Producer
Hello, Horse!
Director, Producer, Writer
Dream
Director, Writer, Producer
Waterfall
Director, Writer, Producer
Dawn
Writer, Director, Producer
Hey, Rasma!
Director, Producer, Writer
Short Film About Life
Director, Writer, Producer
Hotel and a Ball
Director, Producer, Writer
Face
Producer
Forty Two
Director, Producer, Writer
The Chimney
Writer, Director, Producer
Pizzas
Director, Writer, Producer
Snow Crazy
Director, Writer
33 Animals of Santa Claus
Director, Writer, Producer
On Rubik's Road
Writer, Director, Producer
Silence (Elements)
Director, Producer, Writer
Stones (Elements)
Writer, Director, Producer
Three Men and a Fish Pond
Editor, Director
Fire (Elements)
Director, Producer, Writer
Theodore
Director, Writer
The Hostage
Producer, Director, Writer
The Water (Elements)
Producer, Director, Writer
Visions of Europe
Director, Writer, Producer
Dream Land
Director, Writer
Bus
Writer, Director, Producer
It'll Be Fine
Writer, Director, Producer
The Python
Director, Writer, Producer
Martin
Writer, Producer, Director
Wake Up!
Writer, Director
Papa Gena
Writer, Director, Producer
The Shoe
Director, Writer, Producer
The Oak
Director, Producer, Writer
The Mail
Director, Writer
Ubāns
1995
Ubāns
Director, Writer, Producer
The Ferry
Director, Writer
Church
Writer, Director
Annas Ziemassvētki
Director, Writer
The Linen
Director, Writer
Iešana
1991
Iešana
Writer, Director
Doms
1991
The Cathedral
Writer, Director