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Kirsikka Saari
Helsinki, Finland
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 Stup…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Happy Sassy Beautiful
Movie Ykkösfani
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2023
Four Little Adults
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Fat Dance
Movie Director
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2022
Kikka!
Movie Dramaturgy
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2021
Sihja - The Rebel Fairy
Movie Writer
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2021
Anatomie života
TV show Writer
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2019
Force of Habit
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Fat
Movie Screenplay
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2019
One-Off Incident
Movie Director
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2019
Festive Spirit
Movie Screenplay
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2019
Super Comfort
Movie Director
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2018
Stupid Young Heart
Movie Writer
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2017
Miami
Movie Woman at the Bar
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2016
Little Wing
Movie Dramaturgy
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2014
Nurses
TV show Sosiaaliviranomainen
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2014
Korso
Movie Writer
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2013
The Princess of Egypt
Movie Matiaksen äiti, nainen vanhempainillassa
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2012
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?
Movie Writer
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2010
Paratiisi
TV show Writer
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2009
Gorilla
Movie Screenplay
