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Mika Taanila
Born
22 May 1965
Place
Helsinki, Finland
Directing

Mika Taanila

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.

As director

Failed Emptiness

Failed Emptiness

2024 · Director
Monica in the South Seas

Monica in the South Seas

2023 · Director
Failed Emptiness. Place

Failed Emptiness. Place

2023 · Director
Verbranntes land

Verbranntes land

2022 · Director
Failed Emptiness. Time

Failed Emptiness. Time

2021 · Director

Vanishing

2020 · Director
Patent Nr. 314805

Patent Nr. 314805

2020 · Director
Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

2017 · Director
The World

The World

2017 · Director
Branches

Branches

2017 · Director

Delay of Game

2017 · Director
Tectonic Plate

Tectonic Plate

2016 · Director
Return of the Atom

Return of the Atom

2015 · Director

Six Day Run

2013 · Director

My Silence

2013 · Director
Spindrift

Spindrift

2013 · Director

Man and Science

2011 · Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

2011 · Director
The Zone of Total Eclipse

The Zone of Total Eclipse

2006 · Director

Sommerreise

2006 · Director
Optical Sound

Optical Sound

2005 · Director
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

2002 · Director
A Physical Ring

A Physical Ring

2002 · Director
RoboCup99

RoboCup99

2000 · Director
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

1998 · Director
Bad Vugum – From B To V

Bad Vugum – From B To V

1995 · Director
A City Symphony

A City Symphony

1995 · Director
The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos

The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos

1993 · Director

Hermaphrodites

1984 · Director