Tampere Film Festival Staff
Jukka-Pekka Laakso
Festival Director festdirector@tamperefilmfestival.fi +358 40 703 8599
Laura Laaksonen
Executive Director laura.laaksonen@tamperefilmfestival.fi +358 50 348 6132
Päivi Räsänen
Administration office@tamperefilmfestival.fi +358 3 223 5681
Riina Mikkonen
Head of Programme riina.mikkonen@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Mikko Sorrela
Festival Producer mikko.sorrela@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Annika Eklöf
Production Coordinator annika.eklof@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Mervi Rantala
Programme Coordinator mervi.rantala@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Yelena Korhonen
Programme Coordinator yelena.korhonen@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Anna Lyudvig
Programme and Production Assistant anna.lyudvig@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Kati-Anne Leino
Event Coordinator kati-anne.leino@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Helmi Lind
Event Coordinator industry@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Emilia Kiuru
Communications Coordinator emilia.kiuru@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Susanna Koskimaa
Marketing Coordinator susanna.koskimaa@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Juho Tiainen
Graphic Designer juho.tiainen@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Mirjami Vertainen
Communications Assistant mirjami.vertainen@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Johanna Laitinen
Communications Assistant johanna.laitinen@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Heidi Lakaniemi
Guest Coordinator heidi.lakaniemi@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Anya Kuzina
Guest Assistant anya.kuzina@tamperefilmfestival.fi
You wanna work with us?
Tampere Film Festival hires numerous volunteers, interns and temporary employees every year. We inform about open jobs and internship opportunities on our webpage and our social media channels. The recruitment for volunteers opens every year in January.
Recruitment for the 2021 festival has ended. Thanks to all the applicants!
Tampere Film Festival: Members of the Board
Aila Dündar-Järvinen (chairman)
Distinguished lay judge, councilman. Vice chairman of Tampere City Council
Liina Härkönen
Translator, Classifier, Programme Advisor, Q&A Coordinator. Chairperson of the Pirkanmaa Film Centre, Project Manager of Doc Lounge Tampere.
Wäinä Järvelä
Entrepreneur and musician.
Jukka-Pekka Laakso
Festival Director of Tampere Film Festival, Executive Producer of Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus.
Jyrki Liikka
Free editor and scriptwriter, specialty humor and all good ideas, sometimes also bad ideas.
Riina Mikkonen
Labourer of culture sector. Programmer at the Tampere Film Festival since 2006.
Marja Pihlaja
Film and TV producer. Works at the production company Tekele Productions.
Jani Pösö
Writer and producer, other owner of It’s Alive Films Oy production company.
Raimo Silius
Founding member of Tampere Film Festival, member of the board of Tampere Film Festival since 1983.
