Laila Pakalniņa
Laila Pakalniņa (born 4 June 1962) is a Latvian film director and screenwriter. She has directed more than 20 films since 1991. Her film Kurpe was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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- Name
- Laila Pakalniņa
- Born
- 4 June 1962
- Birthplace
- Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Latvia
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Languages
- Latvian
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Laila Pakalniņa (born 4 June 1962) is a Latvian film director and screenwriter. She has directed more than 20 films since 1991. Her film Kurpe was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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• Name — Laila Pakalniņa • Born — 4 June 1962 • Birthplace — Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia) • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1991-present
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Filmography
• Vela (1991) • Doms (1991) • Annas Ziemassvētki (1992) • Baznīca (1993) • Prāmis (1996) • Pasts (1996) • Ozols (1997) • The Shoe (Kurpe, 1998) • Tusya (2000) • Papa Gena (2001) • Mostieties! (2001) • Mārtiņš (2002) • Pitons (2003) • Visions of Europe (2004) • Buss (2004) • Leiputrija (2004) • Teodors (2006) • Ūdens (2006) • Ķīlnieks (2006) • Par dzimtenīti (2008) • Dawn (2015) • Zirdziņ, hallo! (2017) • Spoon (2019) • The First Bridge (short film, 2020) • In the Mirror (2020) • Final points (2024)
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Laila Pakalniņa is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as screenwriter and director.
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- 1.A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas. John Wiley & Sons. 2012. 9781118294352.
- 2.Mārtiņš Slišāns. The Delicacy of Water. National Film Center of Latvia. 2006.
- 3.Daira Āboliņa. Pakalniņa filmē stāstu par Pavļiku Morozovu. lsm.lv. 2014.
- 4.Annette Kuhn, Guy Westwell. A Dictionary of Film Studies. Oxford University Press. 2020. 9780192568045.
- 5.Ināra Kolmane. filmas.lv.
- 6.Laila Pakalniņa. latfilma.lv.
- 7.Un hôtel et une balle. cinemathequedudocumentairebpi.fr.
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