Pirjo Irene Honkasalo ( born 22 February 1947 ) is a Finnish film director who has also worked as a cinematographer , film editor , producer , screenwriter and actress . In 1980 she co-directed '' Flame Top '' with Pekka Lehto , with whom she worked earlier and later as well . The film was chosen for the 1981 Cannes Film Festival . In the 1990s she focused on feature documentaries such as " The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic " ( '' Mysterion '' , '' Tanjuska and the 7 Devils '' and '' Atman '' ) . Honkasalo returned to fiction with '' Fire-Eater '' ( 1998 ) and '' Concrete Night '' ( 2013 ) , both of which were written by Pirkko Saisio . '' Concrete Night '' won six Jussi Awards in 2014 , among them the Jussi for the Best Direction and the Jussi for the Best Film . Its world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival in Masters series
1981 Cannes Film Festival
1981 Cannes Film Festival
Pirjo Honkasalo