PV Lehtinen

PV Lehtinen (born 1969) is a Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki as a director.[1][2] His short film The Diver (Hyppääjä, 2000) won the Grand Prix and other main prizes at the Tampere Film Festival 2001.[3][4][5] The Diver continued to win awards in other festivals with the last award won in 2006 at Milano International FICTS Fest.[6]

PV Lehtinen

Lehtinen had a retrospective screening of his water-themed films in Germany at Ludwigsburg European Short Film Biennale in 2005 and Regensburg Short Film Week in 2007.[7][8] In 2011, his short films had an open-air screening at the Helsinki Swimming Stadium as part of the annual Helsinki Festival.[9]

In his many short films, water often plays an important role, however he has indicated that the subject of the film determines if water will play a role.[7] Lehtinen has also directed music videos for the electronic music group RinneRadio and directed commercials.[10][11][12]

Selected filmography

Short films
  • The Diver / Hyppääjä (2000)
  • Sirkka (2001)
  • The Crawl / Krooli (2004)
  • Keidas (2007)
  • My Superhero / Supermään (2010)
  • Soul Catcher / Sielunsieppaaja (2011)
  • Hietsu (2014)
  • Dance On Thin Ice / Tanssi heikolla jäällä (2017)
  • Allas (2022)

Music videos
  • RinneRadio – Airo (2003)
  • RinneRadio – Val (2004)
  • RinneRadio – Krump (2011)

References
  1. "Elonet Finna, PV Lehtinen". National Audiovisual Institute. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. "International Competition". ZagrebDox. 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. Virtanen, Leena (11 March 2001). "Lyhyt oli kauneinta Tampereella". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. "Archive, International Competition Winners: Hyppääjä". Tampere Film Festival. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. "Archive, National Competition Winners: Hyppääjä". Tampere Film Festival. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. "Hyppääjä (The Diver), Awards". National Audiovisual Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  7. Turunen, Outi (9 September 2009). "Vesimiehen aika, Voima 1-2006". Voima (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. "Das Kino ist meine Liebe, finnische Filmemacher PV Lehtinen". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German). 26 October 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  9. "Vesikuvia keitaalla". 2011.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  10. "Finnish Music Video Archive, Lehtinen PV". Oulu Music Video Festival. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  11. "Jazz Finland, RinneRadio". Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  12. Lyytinen, Jaakko (13 September 2002). "Palkittu ohjaaja Vulcan Filmsiin". Kauppalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 January 2023.


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