Laila Pakalnina Movies

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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