Director Einari Paakkanen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the Turku University of Applied Sciences (Arts Academy), and did his Master's degree in Documentary Directing in Barcelona. He was an alumni of Berlinale Talents in 2018. He has directed both fiction and documentary films. Besides being a film director, Einari is one of the best location managers in Finland and a poet. His filmography is: My Father From Sirius (80min. Documentary, 2016) Cross Country (55 min. Documentary, 2018) Where is Thon? (6 min. Animated Fiction, 2016).
