Laila Pakalnina Filmes

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...

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

The Stoļarova congregation is building its own church.

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 world seen through the eyes of children. The action takes place in Karosta, the former military port of Liepaja city – however, it is not...

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,...

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...

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...

The First Bridge is a film about frontiers, barriers, the ways to cross over and see what goes on, on the other side. But it also a film about time,...

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

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,...

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

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

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...