Mika Taanila
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Mika Taanila

May 22, 1965 - Helsinki, Finland

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.

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Movie2021Failed Emptiness. TimeDirectorDirecting
Movie1984HermaphroditesDirectorDirecting
Movie2015Return of the AtomDirectorDirecting
Movie2020VanishingDirectorDirecting
Movie2024Failed EmptinessDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Tectonic PlateDirectorDirecting
Movie2024Failed EmptinessEditorEditing
Movie2024Failed EmptinessProducerProduction
Movie2023Monica in the South SeasDirectorDirecting
Movie2023Monica in the South SeasScreenplayWriting
Movie2023Monica in the South SeasEditorEditing
Movie2023Failed Emptiness. PlaceDirectorDirecting
Movie2013Six Day RunDirectorDirecting
Movie2013My SilenceDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe MarkersDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe MarkersCinematographyCrew
Movie2017The WorldDirectorDirecting
Movie2002The Future Is Not What It Used to BeDirectorDirecting
Movie2002The Future Is Not What It Used to BeWriterWriting
Movie2002The Future Is Not What It Used to BeEditorEditing
Movie2002A Physical RingDirectorDirecting
Movie2022Verbranntes landDirectorDirecting
Movie1995Bad Vugum – From B To VDirectorDirecting
Movie2006The Zone of Total EclipseDirectorDirecting
Movie2017BranchesDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Optical SoundDirectorDirecting
Movie2019RealmsEditorEditing
Movie2006SommerreiseDirectorDirecting
Movie2006SommerreiseProducerProduction
Movie2006SommerreiseCinematographyCrew
Movie1998Futuro – A New Stance for TomorrowDirectorDirecting
Movie2000RoboCup99DirectorDirecting
Movie2017Delay of GameDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Delay of GameCinematographyCrew
Movie2017Delay of GameMusicSound
Movie2000RoboCup99ScreenplayWriting
Movie2017Delay of GameScreenplayWriting
Movie1998Futuro – A New Stance for TomorrowScreenplayWriting
Movie2013SpindriftDirectorDirecting
Movie2011Man and ScienceDirectorDirecting
Movie2018FlameProducerProduction
Movie2017The WorldScriptCrew
Movie2017The WorldEditorEditing
Movie2017The WorldProducerProduction
Movie201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirectorDirecting
Movie1995A City SymphonyDirectorDirecting
Movie2020Patent Nr. 314805DirectorDirecting
Movie2020Patent Nr. 314805WriterWriting
Movie2007The PestsEditorEditing
Movie2025D is for DistanceProducerProduction
Movie1995Suolaista ja makeaaAssistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1993The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videosDirectorDirecting