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

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

Anni Asikainen
Production Coordinator
• deputy until September 30, 2024
• processing support applications and agreements: development support
+358 9 6220 3049

Kaisu Isto
Film Commissioner
• scriptwriting grants for fictional short films, feature films and drama series
+ 358 9 6220 3037

Ilona Vehmas
Film Commissioner
• scriptwriting grants for fictional short films, feature films and drama series

Iris Olsson
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
• minority co-productions
• 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

Tiina Kivelä
Production Coordinator
• study leave Oct 1, 2023–Sep 30, 2024
• processing support applications and agreements: development support
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

Suvi Railo
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Documentary Films
• festival distribution strategy for documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for documentary films
+358 9 6220 3021

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

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