Kirsi Tykkyläinen born August 28 1949 in Pieksämäki is a former Finnish diplomat and international filmmaker Tykkyläinen grew up in a teacher family in Pieksämäki After studying Russian she worked at the University of Helsinki at the Russian Language and Literature in 19751983 and then as Head of International Affairs at the Finnish Film Foundation Between 2002 and 2006 he served as a cultural council at the Embassy of Finland in Moscow and was then invited to lead the Moscow Film Festival for 20072009 Head of the St Petersburg Institute in Finland he worked for 20112012 Kirsi Tykkyläinens daughter is actor Maria Järvenhelmi From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia