Writer, producer and director Laila Pakalnina is from Liepaja, Latvia. She received a degree in journalism from Moscow University, and then went on to study filmmaking at the VGIK. Her filmography includes documentaries [And] (1998), [The Choice] (1990), [The Mail] (1995), [Wake Up!] (2000), [Dream Land] (2004), and [The Bus] (2004). She made her feature debut with [The Shoe] (1998), and directed the [It`ll Be Fine] segment from [Visions of Europe] (2004).