
Known for
Directing
Born
June 4, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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.
TBA
Director, Screenplay, Producer
2026
Director, Writer
2025
Director, Writer, Producer
2024
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
2021
Director, Producer
2020
Director, Producer, Writer
2020
Director, Writer, Producer
2019
Director, Writer, Producer
2017
Director, Producer, Writer
2016
Director, Producer, Writer
2016
Director, Writer, Producer
2015
Writer, Director, Producer
2015
Director, Producer, Writer
2014
Producer
2014
Director, Producer, Writer
2014
Director
2014
Director, Producer, Writer
2013
Writer, Producer, Director
2013
Director, Writer, Producer
2012
Director, Producer, Writer
2012
Director, Writer
2011
Director, Writer, Producer
2010
Writer, Director, Producer
2009
Director, Writer, Producer
2008
Writer, Director, Producer