Personnel
Management
Lasse Saarinen
Chief Executive Officer
+ 358 9 6220 3023
Administration
Niina Otva
Head of Administration
• financial management and administration
• deputy of the CEO
+ 358 9 6220 3028
Pirjo Harmainen
Accounting Specialist
• billing and payments (incl. grants)
• financial administration (incl. accounting)
• final reports: production support, marketing and distribution support, development support and slate development support
+ 358 9 6220 3036
Kaisa Nirkkonen
Special Advisor to Management
• CEO’s assistant
• secretary of the managing board
+ 358 9 6220 3017
Helinä Kuusela
Office Coordinator
• customer service
• e-mailing list
+358 9 6220 300
Jussi-Pekka Isoviita
System Administrator
• data administration
• IT systems and equipment
+ 358 9 6220 3052
Production
Matti Paunio
Head of Production
• management of the production department
• coordinating the Foundation’s international training and co-production projects
• the Finnish representative in the Eurimages Fund
• support for the promotion of other film culture
+358 9 6220 3038
Pirjo Koskelo
Production Controller
• processing support applications and agreements: production support for feature films, slate development support
+358 9 6220 3031
Tiina Kivelä
Production Coordinator
• processing support applications and agreements: development support
+358 9 6220 3016
Susanna Haarla
Production Coordinator
• processing support applications: scriptwriting grant
• processing support applications and agreements: production support for short films and documentaries
+ 358 9 6220 3033
Ilona Vehmas
Film Commissioner
• scriptwriting grants for fictional short films, feature films and drama series
+358 9 6220 3018
Eveliina Kantola
Film Commissioner
• scriptwriting grant: documentary films and series
• development support: documentary films and series, short films, animated and drama series (episodes under 22 minutes)
• production support: documentary films and series, short films, animated series
+358 9 6220 3022
Eero Tammi
Film Commissioner
• scriptwriting grant: documentary films and series
• development support: documentary films and series, short films, animated and drama series (episodes under 22 minutes)
• production support: documentary films and series, short films, animated series
+ 358 9 6220 3025
Kirsi Hatara
Film Commissioner
• development support and production support for feature films
• development support for drama series (episodes 22 minutes and over)
• slate development support
•50/50 production support
+358 9 6220 3029
Ilkka Mertsola
Film Commissioner
• development support and production support: feature films
• development support for drama series (episodes 22 minutes and over)
• slate development support
•50/50 production support
+358 9 6220 3012
Exhibition and Distribution
Ilmari Arnkil
Exhibition and Distribution Specialist
• support for cinemas, distribution and festivals in Finland
+358 9 6220 3035
International Promotion
Jaana Puskala
Head of International Department
• managing international promotion
• project support for international promotion: feature films
+ 358 9 6220 3026
Jenni Domingo
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Feature Films
• festival distribution strategy for feature films
• travel support and material and marketing support for feature films
+ 358 9 6220 3032
Otto Suuronen
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Short Films
• festival distribution strategy for short films and short documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for short films and short documentary films
• monthly short film screenings at Kino K13
• curating short film programmes
+ 358 9 6220 3019
Anni Asikainen
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Documentary Films
• deputy starting Jan 8, 2024
• festival distribution strategy for documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for documentary films
+358 9 6220 3049
Arttu Manninen
Festival Coordinator
• materials to festivals
+ 358 44 491 9069
Suvi Railo
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Documentary Films
• on parental leave
• festival distribution strategy for documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for documentary films
Communication and Research
Reetta Hautamäki
Head of Communications
• management of the communications and research department
+ 358 9 6220 3044
Marjo Pipinen
Communications Specialist
• social media, website, newsletter
• press releases, image requests
• film catalogue, publications
+ 358 9 6220 3020
Petri Peltonen
Statistics and Research Specialist
• managing statistical data
• coordinating the Foundation’s research activities
+358 9 6220 3034
Kino K13
Reeta Onninen
Cinema Manager
• bookings and billing
• cinema projectionist
+358 9 6220 3027
Creative Europe / Media
Kerstin Degerman
Executive Manager
• administration
• project consultancy
• seminars, lecturing at Finnish film schools
+ 358 9 6220 3013
Inkeri Lundgren
Creative Europe Desk’s Information Officer
• communications and statistics
• project consultancy
+358 9 6220 3024