Baltic premiere

Karaoke Paradise

Local title
Karaokeparadiis
Original title
Karaokeparatiisi
Director
Einari Paakkanen
Country
Finland
Year
2022
Programme
Doc@PÖFF
Subject
music, self-realisation, lifestyle, humour

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. Toni, the shyest guy in the world, catches everyone’s eye on the stage. Kari is searching for love and sings in his empty karaoke car repair shop. Elina can hardly walk because of Parkinson’s, but punk songs make her dance. Laura sings because talking is too painful.

"Karaoke Paradise" is a story of how the Finns have found a unique way out of loneliness.

Director
Einari Paakkanen
Screenwriter
Einari Paakkanen
Producer
Marianne Mäkelä
DoP
Marita Hällfors
Editor
Antti Reikko
Composer
Upright
Production
Napafilms
World sales
Rise and Shine World Sales
Runtime
Language
Finnish
Subtitles
English

Screenings

Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening011502 / Karaokeparadiis
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
3rd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening111203 / Karaokeparadiis
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Trailer