Person
Mika Taanila
Directing · Born 1965-05-22 · Helsinki, Finland
Biography
Mika Taanila is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Helsinki. His films have been screened at several international film festivals such as TIFF Toronto, IFFR Rotterdam, Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Clermont-Ferrand, Karlovy-Vary, Midnight Sun Film Festival, IDFA Amsterdam and Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Taanila’s moving image installations have been shown at major international group shows, such as Venice Biennale (2017), Aichi Triennale (2013), Documenta (2012), Shanghai Biennale (2006) and Berlin Biennale (2004). Solo shows include Padiglione de l’Esprit Nouveau, Bologna (2020), STUK, Leuven (2018), Kiasma, Helsinki (2013–14), CAM, St. Louis (2013), Badischer Kunstverein (2008) and Migrosmuseum, Zurich (2005). In 2015 Taanila was awarded The Ars Fennica prize.
Known for
D Is for Distance
Producer
Realms
Editor
Rentrer chez soi
Assistant Camera
Nox
Producer
A City Symphony
Director
The Pests
Editor
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
Director
RoboCup99
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
Tectonic Plate
Director
Filmography
- 2026D Is for DistanceProducer
- 2026John 9:25 / 52:9 nhoJMusic
- 2026NoxProducer
- 2025John 9:25Music
- 2024Failed EmptinessDirector
- 2023Monica in the South SeasEditor
- 2023Failed Emptiness. PlaceDirector
- 2022Verbranntes landDirector
- 2021Failed Emptiness. TimeDirector
- 2020Rentrer chez soiAssistant Camera
- 2020Patent Nr. 314805Director
- 2020VanishingDirector
- 2019RealmsEditor
- 2018FlameProducer
- 2017The WorldDirector
- 2017Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe MarkersDirector
- 2017BranchesDirector
- 2017Delay of GameMusic
- 2016Tectonic PlateDirector
- 2015Return of the AtomDirector
- 2013My SilenceDirector
- 2013Six Day RunDirector
- 2013SpindriftDirector
- 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirector
- 2011Man and ScienceDirector
- 2007The PestsEditor
- 2006The Zone of Total EclipseDirector
- 2006SommerreiseProducer
- 2005Optical SoundDirector
- 2002The Future Is Not What It Used to BeDirector
- 2002A Physical RingDirector
- 2000RoboCup99Director
- 1998Futuro – A New Stance for TomorrowDirector
- 1995A City SymphonyDirector
- 1995Bad Vugum – From B To VDirector
- 1995Suolaista ja makeaaAssistant Director
- 1993The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videosDirector
- 1984HermaphroditesDirector
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