Laila Pakalnina
Directing
- Born
- June 4, 1962 (age 64) · 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.
Known for
Behind the camera48
- 2026Scarecrows Director, Writer
- 2025Cat on My Mind Director, Writer, Producer
- 2024Termini Director, Writer, Producer
- 2021Homes Director, Producer
- 2020In the Mirror Director, Producer, Writer
- 2020The First Bridge Director, Writer, Producer
- 2019Spoon Director, Writer, Producer
- 2017Hello, Horse! Director, Producer, Writer
- 2016Waterfall Director, Producer, Writer
- 2016Dream