Director
Laila Pakalnina
Born 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
The Python
Director · 2003
Annas Ziemassvētki
Director · 1992
Dawn
Director · 2015
Bus
Director · 2004
Church
Director · 1993
The Oak
Director · 1997
The First Bridge
Director · 2020
Martin
Director · 2002
Theodore
Director · 2006
Hello, Horse!
Director · 2017
The Ferry
Director · 1994
Dream Land
Director · 2004
Visions of Europe
Director · 2004
The Linen
Director · 1991
The Mail
Director · 1995
The Cathedral
Director · 1991
Papa Gena
Director · 2001
33 Animals of Santa Claus
Director · 2011
