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Laila Pakalnina
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 do…
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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.
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2026
Scarecrows
Movie Director
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2025
Cat on my Mind
Movie Director
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2024
Termini
Movie Self
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2021
Homes
Movie Director
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2020
In the Mirror
Movie Director
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2020
The First Bridge
Movie Director
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2019
Spoon
Movie Director
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2017
Hello, Horse!
Movie Director
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2016
Waterfall
Movie Director
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2016
Dream
Movie Director
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2015
Dawn
Movie Writer
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2015
Hey, Rasma!
Movie Director
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2014
Face
Movie Producer
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2014
Hotel and a Ball
Movie Director
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2014
A Dream of Snow
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2014
Short Film About Life
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2013
The Chimney
Movie Director
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2013
Forty Two
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2012
Pizzas
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2012
Snow Crazy
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2011
33 Animals of Santa Claus
Movie Director
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2010
On Rubik's Road
Movie Director
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2009
Silence (Elements)
Movie Director
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2008
Three Men and a Fish Pond
Movie Director
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2008
Stones (Elements)
Movie Director
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2007
Fire (Elements)
Movie Director
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2006
Theodore
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2006
The Hostage
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2006
The Water (Elements)
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2004
Dream Land
Movie Director
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2004
Bus
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2004
Visions of Europe
Movie Director
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2004
It'll Be Fine
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2003
The Python
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2002
Martin
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2001
Wake Up!
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2001
Papa Gena
Movie Director
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1998
The Shoe
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1997
The Oak
Movie Director
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1995
Ubāns
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