Laila Pakalnina

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-06-04 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Laila Pakalnina

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.

Production

2004

2012

Pizzas

as Director

1998

The Shoe

as Director

1998

The Shoe

as Writer

2004

Dream Land

as Director

2004

Dream Land

as Writer

2003

The Python

as Director

2006

Theodore

as Director

2021

Homes

as Director

2021

Homes

as Producer

2004

2009

1994

The Ferry

as Director

1991

The Linen

as Director

1995

The Mail

as Director

2015

Dawn

as Writer

2004

2017

Hello, Horse!

as Director

2004

Bus

as Director

2004

Bus

as Writer

2001

Wake Up!

as Director

2001

Wake Up!

as Writer

2008

2008

2010

2010

On Rubik's Road

as Director

2003

The Python

as Writer

2015

Hey, Rasma!

as Director

2015

Dawn

as Director

2013

Forty Two

as Director

2012

Snow Crazy

as Director

2016

Waterfall

as Director

2016

Dream

as Director

1997

The Oak

as Director

2006

The Hostage

as Director

2006

The Hostage

as Producer

2006

The Hostage

as Writer

2020

In the Mirror

as Director

2019

Spoon

as Director

2020

The First Bridge

as Director

1994

The Ferry

as Writer

1995

The Mail

as Writer

1991

The Linen

as Writer

1997

The Oak

as Writer

1997

The Oak

as Producer

1998

The Shoe

as Producer

2012

Pizzas

as Producer

2015

Hey, Rasma!

as Producer

2015

Dawn

as Producer

2016

Waterfall

as Producer

2019

Spoon

as Writer

2009

2008

2003

The Python

as Producer

2010

On Rubik's Road

as Producer

2012

Pizzas

as Writer

2006

Theodore

as Writer

2009

2017

Hello, Horse!

as Producer

2019

Spoon

as Producer

2004

Bus

as Producer

2016

Waterfall

as Writer

2015

Hey, Rasma!

as Writer

2020

2020

The First Bridge

as Producer

2017

Hello, Horse!

as Writer

2006

2006

2001

Papa Gena

as Director

2001

Papa Gena

as Writer

2001

Papa Gena

as Producer

2007

Fire (Elements)

as Director

2007

2007

Fire (Elements)

as Producer

2014

2014

2013

The Chimney

as Writer

2013

The Chimney

as Producer

2002

Martin

as Director

2002

Martin

as Writer

2013

The Chimney

as Director

2002

Martin

as Producer

2013

Forty Two

as Writer

2013

Forty Two

as Producer

2016

Dream

as Writer

2016

Dream

as Producer

2020

In the Mirror

as Producer

2020

In the Mirror

as Writer

2014

Hotel and a Ball

as Director

2014

Hotel and a Ball

as Producer

2014

2004

It'll Be Fine

as Writer

2004

It'll Be Fine

as Director

2004

It'll Be Fine

as Producer

1991

The Cathedral

as Writer

1993

Church

as Director

1995

Ubāns

as Producer

1991

Iešana

as Director

1993

Church

as Writer

1992

2012

Snow Crazy

as Writer

1992

1991

Iešana

as Writer

1995

Ubāns

as Director

1995

Ubāns

as Writer

1991

The Cathedral

as Director

2014

Face

as Producer

2024

Termini

as Director

2024

Termini

as Writer

2024

Termini

as Producer

2014

A Dream of Snow

as Director

-

Scarecrows

as Director

-

Scarecrows

as Writer

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