Laila Pakalnina Filmes

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...