Laila Pakalnina
Directing
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
The Shoe
1998
The Python
2003
Spoon
2019
The Ferry
1994
Papa Gena
2001
Bus
2004
Homes
2021
The Mail
1995
Termini
2024
Scarecrows
2026
Hello, Horse!
2017
Face
2014
It'll Be Fine
2004
Church
1993
Dawn
2015
Waterfall
2016
Cat on My Mind
2025