Laila Pakalniņa (born 4 June 1962) is a Latvian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. 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 The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1998. American director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian Martin Scorsese was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film '' Mia aioniotita kai mia mera'' by Theo A ...

Filmography

* '' Vela'' (1991) * '' Doms'' (1991) * '' Annas Ziemassvētki'' (1992) * '' Baznīca'' (1993) * '' Prāmis'' (1996) * '' Pasts'' (1996) * '' Ozols'' (1997) * '' Kurpe'' (1998) * '' Tusya'' (2000) * '' Papa Gena'' (2001) * '' Mostieties!'' (2001) * ''

Mārtiņš Mārtiņš is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Martin. Mārtiņš may refer to: * Mārtiņš, ancient Latvian deity *Mārtiņš Antons (1888–1941), Latvian lawyer and politician *Mārtiņš Bondars (born 1971), Lat ...

'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Leiputrija'' (2004) * ''

Teodors Teodors is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Theodore. People bearing the name Teodors include: *Teodors Bergs (1902–1966), Latvian chess master *Teodors Bļugers (born 1994), Latvian ice hocker player *Teodors Eniņš ...

'' (2006) * '' Ūdens'' (2006) * ''

Ķīlnieks ''The Hostage'' ( lv, Ķīlnieks, et, Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu) is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by Laila Pakalniņa. Cast * Branko Završan - Hijacker * Kristaps Mednis - Tom * Ieva Puķe - Mother * Pauls Butkevics - Antons ...

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Dawn'' (2015) * ''Zirdziņ, hallo!'' (2017)

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* 1962 births Living people People from Liepāja Latvian film directors Latvian women film directors Latvian screenwriters Lielais Kristaps Award winners {{Latvia-film-director-stub