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.
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19 October 2007
Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli.
11 June 2010
Young Siiri is starting her life on her own. She wants to be independent and live a normal life, although she is mentally handicapped.
23 September 2011
Mirccu has a dream job as the PR coordinator of a record company. When her boss, the music mogul Martin threatens to fire her, she is forced to find her own way to success.
08 March 2024
For many Finns, Lenin is to thank for Finland’s independence from Russia in 1917. But with Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, citizens of the town of Kotka have to re-evaluate their views about Finland’s last remaining Lenin statue.
10 September 2010
Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.
12 August 2022
Evi, Finland’s most experienced karaoke hostess, wants to hug her customers’ pain away. With thousands of bars and kilometres behind her, yet again she packs her equipment and travels through the northern landscapes of Finland.
25 June 2020
Group of old friends gather in a summer villa to celebrate a surprise birthday party for Mitzi, who is the dramatic focal point of the group.
11 November 2015
A Catastrophic Road Movie documentary in search of a virtuous politician ... that's if he is not extinct ! Antonio , Einari, Ivan ( and a makeshift boom ) travel from Helsinki to Barcelona, Buenos Aires to Montevideo and to the desert of Bolivia in search of a utopia ,an ideal.
11 November 2016
One night Thon went drinking with two friends and disappeared. What happened? Where is Thon? A mystery and an absurd manhunt that eventually involves John F.
04 November 2019
The film is a personal documentary and a growth story about ten-year-old Farah who moved to Finland from Palestine.
04 March 2026
Puolanka, a tiny village in Northern Finland is famous for its population decline, but also for its dark sense of humor about it.
05 February 2026
Mark and Harri are two Finnish men who have volunteered to fight in Ukraine. Their return to civilian life proves difficult: PTSD symptoms, clinging to the emotional extremes caused by war, and the struggle to find meaning in life at times feel overwhelming.
11 November 2016
My father from Sirius is a film about a boy who grew up believing his father is a messenger between the Earth and the outer space.
30 October 2008
In a Helsinki suburb on a Friday evening, a middle‑aged mother and her teenage daughter each go out separately with friends.
