Einari Paakkanen

BIOGRAPHIE

Einari Paakkanen is a Finnish Director focusing on human interest stories and on warm and intimate storytelling. He graduated as a Master of Documentary Directing in Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia in 2013. His first feature documentary My Father from Sirius was broadcasted by ARTE, SVT and YLE and had its international premiere in Warsaw Film Festival in 2016. Einari’s latest feature documentary Karaoke Paradise had the international premiere in CPH:DOX in 2022, and has since been shortlisted for the best documentary in the European Film Awards, won numerous awards and screened in over 40 festivals, such as Sheffield DocFest, Visions du Reel and DocsBarcelona.

FILMOGRAPHIE