Laila Pakalnina
- Directing
- June 4, 1962 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Scarecrows · Director, Writer
- Cat on My Mind · Director, Writer
- Termini · Self, Director
- Homes · Director, Producer
- In the Mirror · Director, Producer
- The First Bridge · Director, Writer
- Spoon · Director, Writer
- Hello, Horse! · Director, Writer
- Waterfall · Director, Writer
- Dream · Director, Writer
- Dawn · Writer, Director
- Hey, Rasma! · Director, Writer
- Face · Producer
- Hotel and a Ball · Director, Writer
- A Dream of Snow · Director
- Short Film About Life · Director, Writer
- The Chimney · Director, Writer
- Forty Two · Director, Writer
- Pizzas · Director, Writer
- Snow Crazy · Director, Writer
- 33 Animals of Santa Claus · Director, Writer
- On Rubik's Road · Director, Writer
- Silence (Elements) · Director, Writer
- Stones (Elements) · Director, Writer
- Three Men and a Fish Pond · Director, Editing
- Fire (Elements) · Director, Writer
- Theodore · Director, Writer
- The Hostage · Director, Writer
- The Water (Elements) · Director, Writer
- Dream Land · Director, Writer
- Bus · Director, Writer
- Visions of Europe · Director, Writer
- It'll Be Fine · Director, Writer
- The Python · Director, Writer
- Martin · Director, Writer
- Wake Up! · Director, Writer
- Papa Gena · Director, Writer
- The Shoe · Director, Writer
- The Oak · Director, Writer
- Ubāns · Director, Writer
- The Mail · Director, Writer
- The Ferry · Director, Writer
- Church · Director, Writer
- Annas Ziemassvētki · Director, Writer
- The Linen · Director, Writer
- The Cathedral · Director, Writer
- Iešana · Director, Writer
- Whisper in the Cellar · Director, Screenplay