Jukka-Pekka Laakso是坦佩雷电影节的主席。自2000年以来，他一直参与选片和编排。作为电影节主席，他与一位联合导演共同负责战略计划和影展编排。他曾参加过50多个电影节的评审团，其中包括爱丁堡电影节，洛迦诺电影节，蒙特利尔电影节和墨西哥莫雷利亚电影节等。

Jukka-Pekka Laakso还在Pirkanmaa电影中心——坦佩雷当地的一个电影中心——任执行董事。此电影中心是一个非营利组织，经营一家艺术影院，在芬兰发行电影并广泛从事媒体教育。

同时，Jukka-Pekka Laakso也是欧洲电影学院的成员。

Jukka-Pekka Laakso 

Jukka-Pekka Laakso  is the festival director  of  Tampere Film Festival.  He has  been involved with the selection and programming since 2000.  As a festival director he shares the responsibility to strategic planning and programming with a co-director. He has been a member of more than 50 juries in film festivals including  Edinburgh ff, Locarno ff, Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal and Morelia ff Mexico.

Jukka-Pekka Laakso acts also as the executive director for  Pirkanmaa Film Centre ; a local film centre in Tampere. The film centre is a non-profit organisation that runs an art-house cinema, distributes films in Finland  and works extensively with media education.  

Jukka-Pekka Laakso is a member of the European Film Academy.