Laila Pakalnina Movies

A man in a grey coat roams the city. He is interested in boys and men. Those good enough for him will get a green bag. Marija is home alone. She is...

Even before Marija was born it was clear that she would be a person getting in trouble all the time. However, that’s not all. The most...

There should be silence in a museum. And someone should see to it that the silence is there. It's the logical order of things. However, it might seem...

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,...

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

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...

The Stoļarova congregation is building its own church.

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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...

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