Laila Pakalnina Movies

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.

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...

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

He really is a superhero – he hides people in his basement. And then he finally wants to be happy – he leaves her, abandoning her –...

Christian youth pilgrimage to Częstochowa, Poland, to meet with the Pope of Rome.

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...

It is what it is. One needs a reason to get a passer-by to stop in their tracks and stand in front of the camera for a while. In this case the reason...

Playfully avant-garde and exhibiting an intriguing sense of humor, PIZZAS offers a puzzle of widescreen imagery, brash pop moments, and road movie...

Various people on the street stand stock still in front of the movie camera as though their photograph were about to be taken. This lasts just a few...

The Stoļarova congregation is building its own church.

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

We literally found our film next to a dumpster. It was a bag containing 36 rolls of photographic negatives exposed between the 1960s and 1980s by an...