Sari Volanen is commissioning editor at Yle (Finnish Broadcasting Company). She works at Yle’s Film Team producing short films mainly with Finnish independent filmmakers and producers. Since 1999 she has been in charge of a strand called “New Cinema” on Yle Teema channel. The main focus of New Cinema is on cinematic, surprising, original and quirky films short films. The films in the strand are acquired through co-productions (main producer Finnish), some international pre-buys and acquisitions nationally and internationally. She has been jury member of many film festivals around the world.