Laila Pakalnina
Director
- Born
- June 4, 1962 (age 64)
- From
- 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…
Filmography (47)
Scarecrows (2026)Director
Cat on my Mind (2025)Director
Termini (2024)Director
Homes (2021)Director
In the Mirror (2020)Director
The First Bridge (2020)Director
Spoon (2019)Director
Hello, Horse! (2017)Director
Waterfall (2016)Director
Dream (2016)Director
Dawn (2015)Director
Hey, Rasma! (2015)Director
Hotel and a Ball (2014)Director
A Dream of Snow (2014)Director
Short Film About Life (2014)Director
The Chimney (2013)Director
Forty Two (2013)Director
Pizzas (2012)Director
Snow Crazy (2012)Director
33 Animals of Santa Claus (2011)Director
On Rubik's Road (2010)Director
Silence (Elements) (2009)Director
Stones (Elements) (2008)Director
Three Men and a Fish Pond (2008)Director
Fire (Elements) (2007)Director
Theodore (2006)Director
The Hostage (2006)Director
The Water (Elements) (2006)Director
Dream Land (2004)Director
Bus (2004)Director