Laila Pakalnina Movies

Those of us who fly in airplanes probably don’t think about those who fly through Riga Airport on their own wings. But on any given day, up to...

The late 1950s. Every night, Soviet tractors comb the coast of Latvia looking for signs of anyone who could have infiltrated the Soviet border from...

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

A film about a plastic spoon and a society that has reached a high level of development – oil is being retrieved from subterranean depths,...

As soon as I finished my first marathon, I wanted to become a tripod in order to make a film about it. That is because words are certainly not the...

A film about everything changing while remaining the same. Or rather – everything remaining the same while changing. We observed this (and...

An absurdist farce centering around a school in post-Soviet Latvia. After a rather disgusting prank (someone defecates in the school attic), the...

Based on a Soviet propaganda story about Young Pioneer (the Soviet equivalent of a Boy Scout) Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin’s...

The Hijacker lands the plane at the Rīga Airport. 7 year-old Tom, travelling on his own, voluntarily becomes a hostage. Along with the...

He really is a superhero - He hides people in the cellar. And then He finally wants to be happy - He goes to another woman, leaving his wife, his...

Waterfall and I, and – no, the other way around! This film is, of course, about nature – human nature. Or – what a human can do...

Santa Claus lives on the fourth floor of an apartment block. Santa owns seven dogs, six cats, two rabbits, one crow, one pigeon, one chinchilla, one...

Just like ordinary people, whole nations often wonder why their neighbors are living better than they are. For example, where did the Estonians...

His own image in the mirror was so important that one day he didn’t find himself there.

The world seen through the eyes of children. The action takes place in Karosta, the former military port of Liepaja city – however, it is not...

The ferry crosses the river, transporting people from one shore to the other, from one country to another. It runs year round, never stopping. The...

Maria decides to go for a swim in the pool even though it looks deserted and she’s warned that the water is cold. When she gets into the pool...

There is a popular Latvian folksong which begins with the phrase "I was singing out high on a mountain". The irony of it is that according to...

Little Anna is waiting for her first Christmas.

The oak tree in Seja is roughly 700 years old. Around this monumental tree, the peaceful and repetitive life goes on in the village, a group of...