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