Laila Pakalnina

Laila Pakalnina

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.

Directing

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2025

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2024

Termini
Movie

Director

2017

2016

Dream
Movie

Director

2016

Dream
Movie

Director

2016

Dream
Movie

Director

2015

Dawn
Movie

Director

2013

2013

2012

Pizzas
Movie

Director

2012

Pizzas
Movie

Director

2012

2006

2004

1998

1991

1991

1991

1991

Iešana
Movie

Director

1991

Writing

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2025

2025

2024

2016

2016

2016

2015

Dawn
Movie

Writer

2012

2012

2012

2006

2004

1998

1991

1991

Production

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Termini
Movie

Producer

2017

2016

Dream
Movie

Producer

2016

Dream
Movie

Producer

2016

Dream
Movie

Producer

2015

Dawn
Movie

Producer

2014

Face
Movie

Producer

2014

Face
Movie

Producer

2014

Face
Movie

Producer

2013

2013

2012

Pizzas
Movie

Producer

2012

Pizzas
Movie

Producer

1998

Acting

2024

Editing

Infos

Full Name
Laila Pakalnina
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
6/4/1962
Also Known As

Laila Pakalniņa