Laila Pakalnina
Directing · Born Jun 4, 1962 · 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.
Directed
Scarecrows
2026
Cat on My Mind
2025
Termini
2024
Homes
20215.0
In the Mirror
20206.0
The First Bridge
20207.8
Spoon
2019
Hello, Horse!
20178.0
Waterfall
2016
Dream
2016
Dawn
20157.5
Hey, Rasma!
2015
Hotel and a Ball
2014
A Dream of Snow
2014
Short Film About Life
2014
The Chimney
2013
Forty Two
2013
Pizzas
2012
Snow Crazy
2012
33 Animals of Santa Claus
20116.5
On Rubik's Road
2010
Silence (Elements)
2009
Stones (Elements)
2008
Three Men and a Fish Pond
20085.0
Fire (Elements)
2007
Theodore
20068.0
The Hostage
20066.0
The Water (Elements)
2006
Dream Land
20047.0
Bus
20049.0
Visions of Europe
20045.1
It'll Be Fine
2004
The Python
200310.0
Martin
20028.0
Wake Up!
2001
Papa Gena
20017.0
The Shoe
19985.1
The Oak
19978.5
The Mail
19956.0
The Ferry
19946.6
Church
19939.0
Annas Ziemassvētki
199210.0
The Linen
19916.8