Laila Pakalnina graduated from the Department of Film Direction of the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK) in 1991. Director and screenwriter of 31 documentaries, 5 shorts and 5 fiction feature films, she has 41 films, 2 children, 1 husband. and 2 bikes in total. She has many ideas for new movies. Her works have been screened in official programs at Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rome and other international festivals, in which she has won numerous awards.