Laila Pakalnina Movies

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...

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

A shop by the side of the road. One after another, people enter and exit the small building. The randomness and illogical nature of the action feels...

The intimacy of passing by. Heading home, to work, to see a friend, to buy dinner, or perhaps to the cinema. As the seasons change, we encounter...

The First Bridge is a film about frontiers, barriers, the ways to cross over and see what goes on, on the other side. But it also a film about time,...

A film about the daily life of Martin, a handicapped child who will always be dependent on his parents. Ever since he was very small, Martin has had...

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

This documentary follows a bustrip from Tallinn to Kaliningrad. A route that was so common in the Soviet times now passes through 4 different...

Every day, come rain or shine, Theodore used to bike the seven kilometres from his house to the centre of the village to sit and drink beer in the...

The Latvian director’s graduation film from Moscow Film School does not deliver images loyal to the regime but is a testimony to her...

The camera stands in a house, the lens pointing through the window, outdoors, where the occupants of the home are standing. They respond patiently to...

Exactly 60 filmmakers were selected and asked to carry out a task that seems simple at first glance; to make a short film that is approximately 3...

Rubiks’ Road is a bicycle path built in the 1980s and named after Alfreds Rubiks, leader of the Latvian Communist party at the time. One of the...

A story about life in two minutes.

This film is about wondering why the world is the place that it is. Wondering, why beauty often lies in simplicity, or why taking something too...

The Stoļarova congregation is building its own church.

An insight into who Kondrāts Ubāns was – painter, teacher, father, friend.

Once upon a time there was a chimney. By the chimney - there were three houses. In the houses there were seven girls. All of them - blondes.

The morning begins when the mail is delivered - this has been a tradition for almost an eternity. This film looks at daily things, daily movements,...

A CrossFit trainer becomes the father of a baby girl, Snow White. Snow White’s mother dies, and her father marries a young...