Laila Pakalnina
Known for
Directing
Born
June 4, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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.
Best known work
Visions of Europe
2004
Dream Land
2004
The Ferry
1994
Dawn
2015
The Shoe
1998
The Mail
1995
The Linen
1991
The Oak
1997
The First Bridge
2020
The Python
2003Filmography
TBA
Whisper in the CellarDirector, Screenplay, Producer
2026
ScarecrowsDirector, Writer
2025
Cat on my MindDirector, Writer, Producer
2024
Terminias Self, Director, Writer, Producer
2021
HomesDirector, Producer
2020
In the MirrorDirector, Producer, Writer
2020
The First BridgeDirector, Writer, Producer
2019
SpoonDirector, Writer, Producer
2017
Hello, Horse!Director, Producer, Writer
2016
WaterfallDirector, Producer, Writer
2016
DreamDirector, Writer, Producer
2015
DawnWriter, Director, Producer
2015
Hey, Rasma!Director, Producer, Writer
2014
FaceProducer
2014
Hotel and a BallDirector, Producer, Writer
2014
A Dream of SnowDirector
2014
Short Film About LifeDirector, Producer, Writer
2013
The ChimneyWriter, Producer, Director
2013
Forty TwoDirector, Writer, Producer
2012
PizzasDirector, Producer, Writer
2012
Snow CrazyDirector, Writer
2011
33 Animals of Santa ClausDirector, Writer, Producer
2010
On Rubik's RoadWriter, Director, Producer
2009
Silence (Elements)Director, Writer, Producer
2008
Stones (Elements)Writer, Director, Producer