HOMES
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Latvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina ventures into the realm of family portraiture with Homes, creating a constellation of human groups within the spaces they inhabit and that belong to them. Yet beyond the homes and the subtle nuances of human relationships that appear on screen, the film gradually takes shape as a reflection on the image itself, the framing and light, and on the creative intimacy that emerges between the photographer and their subject, thanks to the duration of the shots. If Cat on My Mind is a reenactment of the photographic act, we could say that Homes is the making-of of photography—in this case, of photography in motion, which we call cinema. NURIA CUBAS
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Laila Pakalnina graduated from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK), Department of Film Direction, in 1991. A director and scriptwriter of 34 documentaries, 5 shorts, and 6 fiction features, altogether she has 45 films, 2 children, 1 husband, 1 dog and 2 bicycles. And many ideas for new films. Her films have screened in official programmes at Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rome, Tallinn and other international festivals, where they have won numerous awards.
Director: Laila Pakalnina
Production: Laila Pakalnina for Hargla Company
Cinematography : Gints Bērziņš
Editing: Ieva Veiveryte
Sound Design: Anrijs Krenbergs
World Sales: Hargla Company
Screening copy: Hargla Company
