Laila Pakalnina Movies

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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

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.

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...

The Stoļarova congregation is building its own church.

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

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...

A subdued observation of daily life in a children's hospital. The driver of a delivery van regularly delivers clean linen to the wards where small,...

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

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

Three elderly country bachelors idle away their time amidst semi-wild nature, closer to birds and pond fish than to humans.

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

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...