Laila Pakalnina Movies

  • 2014
    Hotel and a Ball

    Hotel and a Ball

    Hotel and a Ball

    02014HD

    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...

    Hotel and a Ball
  • 1998
    The Shoe

    The Shoe

    The Shoe

    51998HD

    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...

    The Shoe
  • 2013
    Forty Two

    Forty Two

    Forty Two

    02013HD

    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...

    Forty Two
  • 2015
    Dawn

    Dawn

    Dawn

    7.32015HD

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

    Dawn
  • 1994
    The Ferry

    The Ferry

    The Ferry

    6.11994HD

    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...

    The Ferry
  • 2016
    Waterfall

    Waterfall

    Waterfall

    02016HD

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

    Waterfall
  • 1995
    Ubāns

    Ubāns

    Ubāns

    01995HD

    Ubāns
  • 2006
    Theodore

    Theodore

    Theodore

    82006HD

    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...

    Theodore
  • 2002
    Martin

    Martin

    Martin

    02002HD

    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...

    Martin
  • 2001
    Papa Gena

    Papa Gena

    Papa Gena

    02001HD

    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...

    Papa Gena
  • 2014
    A Dream of Snow

    A Dream of Snow

    A Dream of Snow

    02014HD

    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...

    A Dream of Snow
  • 2012
    Snow Crazy

    Snow Crazy

    Snow Crazy

    02012HD

    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...

    Snow Crazy
  • 2015
    Hey, Rasma!

    Hey, Rasma!

    Hey, Rasma!

    02015HD

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

    Hey, Rasma!
  • 2004
    It'll Be Fine

    It'll Be Fine

    It'll Be Fine

    02004HD

    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...

    It'll Be Fine
  • 2016
    Dream

    Dream

    Dream

    02016HD

    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...

    Dream
  • 1992
    Annas Ziemassvētki

    Annas Ziemassvētki

    Annas Ziemassvētki

    01992HD

    Annas Ziemassvētki
  • 2014
    Short Film About Life

    Short Film About Life

    Short Film About Life

    02014HD

    A story about life in two minutes.

    Short Film About Life
  • 1991
    Iešana

    Iešana

    Iešana

    01991HD

    Iešana
  • 2019
    Spoon

    Spoon

    Spoon

    02019HD

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

    Spoon
  • 2008
    Three Men and a Fish Pond

    Three Men and a Fish Pond

    Three Men and a Fish Pond

    52008HD

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

    Three Men and a Fish Pond