Sustainability Award Verso Jury 2025

Sanna Mari Huikuri

Sanna Mari Huikuri is an expert in sustainable development. She works as Development Manager for the Strategy Unit of the City of Tampere, where her responsibilities include coordinating and developing the city’s comprehensive sustainability work. Huikuri has been promoting sustainability in the city’s operations and its various partnership networks since 2009.

Huikuri is humbly proud of her hometown, and enjoys the versatile events and experiences Tampere has to offer both at her job and in her spare time. Having grown up surrounded by the comedy of the 80’s and 90’s (Kummeli being one of her favourites), she is also open-minded and interested in both the world and different world views, both near and afar.

Jani Lehto

Jani Lehto began his work with art animation at the turn of the 2010’s as a sound designer and composer. Around ten years later he turned to producing with Heta Jäälinoja’s animated short Nun or Never!, which became an international hit. Jani Lehto and Elli Vuorinen’s production company Böhle Studios focuses on short films as a form of independent expression and makes unyielding animated art for adults. In addition to creating meaningful work, the company also values a holistic view of a more sustainable way of living and working.

Anne Puolanne

Anne Puolanne is an audiovisual industry professional whose core expertise includes both working in productions and enabling the industry’s sustainability. Since 2021, she has worked as a project manager at Audiovisual Producers Finland (APFI). APFI’s Strategy on Sustainable Development aims to foster a more environmentally conscious work culture within Finland’s film and TV industry. Puolanne has contributed to the industry’s understanding of sustainability by producing three reports, two of which focus on productions and one that examines the entire audiovisual sector. In 2025, Puolanne was appointed as an EU Climate Ambassador.