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
Director, Producer

Silence (Elements)
Director, Writer, Producer

The Linen
Director, Writer

The Ferry
Director, Writer

The Mail
Director, Writer

Dawn
Writer, Director, Producer

Hello, Horse!
Director, Writer, Producer

Bus
Director, Writer, Producer

Wake Up!
Director, Writer

On Rubik's Road
Director, Writer, Producer

Stones (Elements)
Director, Writer, Producer

33 Animals of Santa Claus
Director, Writer, Producer

Hey, Rasma!
Director, Writer, Producer

Snow Crazy
Director, Writer

Forty Two
Director, Writer, Producer

Waterfall
Director, Writer, Producer

Dream
Director, Writer, Producer

The Oak
Director, Writer, Producer

The Hostage
Director, Writer, Producer

In the Mirror
Director, Producer, Writer

Spoon
Director, Writer, Producer

The First Bridge
Director, Writer, Producer

The Water (Elements)
Director, Writer, Producer

Papa Gena
Director, Writer, Producer

Fire (Elements)
Director, Writer, Producer

Three Men and a Fish Pond
Director, Editor

Short Film About Life
Director, Writer, Producer

The Chimney
Director, Writer, Producer

Martin
Director, Writer, Producer

Hotel and a Ball
Director, Writer, Producer

It'll Be Fine
Director, Writer, Producer

Church
Director, Writer

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