Do I have to Take Care of Everything?

Kirsikka Saari’s 2014 script for Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa (‘Do I have to take care of everything?’) was the first Finnish short to be nominated for an Oscar. The official trailer for this comedy shows the chaos that reigns when the mother of a young family decides that everything is best taken care of when she’s the one taking care of everything herself.

‘Do I have to Take Care of Everything?’ production crew

Script: Kirsikka Saari
Director: Selma Vilhunen
Cinematography: Peter Flinckenberg
Set and costume design: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila
Editing: Selma Vilhunen
Sound design: Pietari Koskinen
Music: Tuomas Skopa
Cast: Joanna Haartti, Santtu Karvonen
Production: Elli Toivoniemi / Tuffi Films

By Written by Tomas Sjöblom. Translated by Joseph McVeigh. Revised by John Calton.

Kirsikka Saari

Born December 6, 1973

Arts undergraduate, Aalto University, 2009-
Master of Arts (General History), University of Helsinki, 2001

Screenwriter 2006-
Journalist and editorial secretary Anna magazine, 2003–2006
Journalist Ylioppilaslehti (Undergraduate newspaper), 2001, editorial secretary, 2002
Freelance reporter, incl. City newspaper and Image magazine, 1998-2001

Significant screenplays
Korso, feature-length film, (co-writer Jenni Toivoniemi, dir. Akseli Tuomivaara)
Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? (‘Do I have to take care of everything?’), short film (dir. Selma Vilhunen)
Paratiisi, mini-series, 2010 (dir. Reetta Aalto)
Gorilla, short film, 2009 (dir. Hanna Bergholm)
Tyttöjen ilta (’Girls’ night out’), mini-series, 2008 (dir. Reetta Aalto)

Awards and nominations
Oscar nomination, Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? 2014
Screenwriter of the Year, 2014
Sylvi Award nominee, 2011
Prix Geneva Europe finalist, 2010

Photo: Tommi Hakanen
Written by Kirsikka Saari (Tomas Sjöblom, ed.)
Translated by John Calton