Kirsikka Saari

Writing

Kirsikka Saari

Born

1973-12-06 (52)

Place of birth

Helsinki, Finland

Known for

Writing

Credits

19 titles

Kirsikka Saari is a screenwriter-director based in Helsinki. She was Oscar nominated for the short film Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? (2012). She wrote the script for Stupid Young Heart which won the Crystal Bear in Berlinale and Jussi Award for the Best Screenplay. Her works as a screenwriter-director include the collaborative film Force of Habit and awarded short films After the Reunion and Super Comfort. She has written a critically acclaimed novel and play for the Finnish National Theatre (Depression Comedy, co-written with Jenni Toivoniemi). She has graduated from the Helsinki University and ELO Film School Helsinki in Aalto University.

Known for

Nurses poster
7.9

Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.

Nurses

2014

Sihja - The Rebel Fairy poster
5.7

Sihja is a young, charming and a little outrageous fairy who leaves her home in the forest. On arrival in the city, she meets a sensitive new friend, a lonely human boy Alfred. Sihja loves the newly found organized urban shapes and orderly habits that the city people have. One day dead birds appear on the city streets. Alfred and Sihja must find out what is threatening the nature.

Sihja - The Rebel Fairy

2021

Happy Sassy Beautiful poster
6.7

Kaija Koo is one of the most popular artists in Finnish pop music and power ballads. The biopic follows Kaija Koo's journey through music and life as she navigates through her challenges and finds true freedom in her personal and professional life. From an insecure young woman, she grows into an independent and strong woman whose personal growth story, and especially the songs that emerge from it, will empower many generations.

Happy Sassy Beautiful

2026

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? poster
6.2

A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?

2012

Gorilla poster
NR

Gorilla is a ten-minute children`s drama about a six-year-old Alli who tries to get into her big sister`s lovely princess room to play with her sister and her friend. The big girls won`t play with Alli but instead call her a gorilla because she is so scruffy. But Alli won`t give up and does everything to get into the big girls` game.

Gorilla

2009

Stupid Young Heart poster
5.6

When carefree, young Lenni and his girlfriend find themselves expecting a child, he ends up looking for a role model in all the wrong places as he becomes involved with local right-wing activists.

Stupid Young Heart

2018

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Sihja - The Rebel Fairy poster
5.7

Sihja is a young, charming and a little outrageous fairy who leaves her home in the forest. On arrival in the city, she meets a sensitive new friend, a lonely human boy Alfred. Sihja loves the newly found organized urban shapes and orderly habits that the city people have. One day dead birds appear on the city streets. Alfred and Sihja must find out what is threatening the nature.

Sihja - The Rebel Fairy

2021

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? poster
6.2

A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?

2012

Gorilla poster
NR

Gorilla is a ten-minute children`s drama about a six-year-old Alli who tries to get into her big sister`s lovely princess room to play with her sister and her friend. The big girls won`t play with Alli but instead call her a gorilla because she is so scruffy. But Alli won`t give up and does everything to get into the big girls` game.

Gorilla

2009

Stupid Young Heart poster
5.6

When carefree, young Lenni and his girlfriend find themselves expecting a child, he ends up looking for a role model in all the wrong places as he becomes involved with local right-wing activists.

Stupid Young Heart

2018

Force of Habit poster
5.7

Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?

Force of Habit

2019

Force of Habit poster
5.7

Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?

Force of Habit

2019

One-Off Incident poster
7.0

Teenage girls take their shirts off at their own party but get an audience. Emmi says no but does it really mean no? Sonja is tired of her body being a problem to others. Why has nearly every woman such experiences? One-Off Incident short films are part of a film sensation made by fifteen filmmakers, artists, researchers and social activists collectively. The films reveal the hidden way power is exercised on women in both private life and in society. The films are fiction but the stories come from the writers’ own real-life observations.

One-Off Incident

2019

Fat poster
5.0

Sonja is tired of her body being a problem for others.

Fat

2019

Fat poster
5.0

Sonja is tired of her body being a problem for others.

Fat

2019

Festive Spirit poster
8.0

The festive spirit of an office party is ruined, when a woman accidentally reveals that their colleague had harassed her at the previous office party.

Festive Spirit

2019

Korso poster
5.0

Stuck in the suburbs of Helsinki, 20-year-old Markus plans on moving to New York, his sights set on pursuing streetball fame. With little money behind him, he turns to the local loan shark - and when he discovers that Markus has no plans to repay him, things take a turn for the worse.

Korso

2014

Super Comfort poster
6.1

Taina is preparing a perfect weekend with the family, since her son Eetu is visiting with his girlfriend Noora. Nothing goes as planned. The more Taina tries to entertain everyone, the less comfortable they feel.

Super Comfort

2019

Super Comfort poster
6.1

Taina is preparing a perfect weekend with the family, since her son Eetu is visiting with his girlfriend Noora. Nothing goes as planned. The more Taina tries to entertain everyone, the less comfortable they feel.

Super Comfort

2019

Fat Dance poster
NR

Dancehall dancer Evaleena Vuorenmaa gains 40 kg and is forced to face the judging gaze of her employers, society and even herself. Fat Dance is a short documentary about a woman who decides to take the power into her own hands and build her image the way she wants it to be. Is it really true that sexiness is not about size?

Fat Dance

2023

Fat Dance poster
NR

Dancehall dancer Evaleena Vuorenmaa gains 40 kg and is forced to face the judging gaze of her employers, society and even herself. Fat Dance is a short documentary about a woman who decides to take the power into her own hands and build her image the way she wants it to be. Is it really true that sexiness is not about size?

Fat Dance

2023