Laila Pakalnina

Director

Born: June 4, 1962 (63 years old)

Place of birth: Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Biography

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.

Filmography (6)

• Dream Land (2004, ★ 6.6)
• The Ferry (1994, ★ 6.6)
• Dawn (2015, ★ 7.3)
• Visions of Europe (2004, ★ 5.2)
• The Shoe (1998, ★ 5.1)
• The Mail (1995, ★ 6)