Einari Paakkanen (born 1980) is a Finnish documentary director focusing on stories of human connection and communication with others.
His films have been screened globally in festivals such as the Krakow Film Festival and Nordisk Panorama. His first feature documentary My father from Sirius premiered in the Warsaw Film Festival in 2016 and was broadcasted by Yle, SVT and Arte. Einari has an MA in documentary directing from ESCAC in Barcelona.
Full Filmography
Directing
My Father from Sirius
(2016)
Director
Where Is Thon?
(2016)
Director
Cross-country
(2019)
Director
Karaoke Paradise
(2022)
Director
Forgetting Lenin
(2024)
Director
Acting
Editing
Black Ice
(2007)
Assistant Editor
The Finest and the Greatest
(2008)
Assistant Editor
Girls' Night
(2008)
Assistant Editor
Where Is Thon?
(2016)
Editor
Karaoke Paradise
(2022)
Editor
Writing
Permanent Together
(2013)
Writer
Promised Land
(2015)
Co-Writer
My Father from Sirius
(2016)
Screenplay and Writer
Where Is Thon?
(2016)
Writer
Karaoke Paradise
(2022)
Writer
Visual Effects