Mika Taanila
Directing
- Born
- May 22, 1965 (age 61) · 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.
Known for
Suolaista ja makeaa
March 17, 1995
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
November 20, 2002
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
December 22, 2011
Return of the Atom
September 11, 2015
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
November 23, 1998
Tectonic Plate
February 15, 2016
A Physical Ring
January 1, 2002
Optical Sound
January 1, 2005
Realms
January 28, 2019
Failed Emptiness. Place
January 15, 2023
Bad Vugum – From B To V
March 28, 1995
The Zone of Total Eclipse
September 11, 2006
Behind the camera38
- 2026D Is for Distance Producer
- 2026John 9:25 / 52:9 nhoJ Music
- 2026Nox Producer
- 2025John 9:25 Music
- 2024Failed Emptiness Director, Editor, Producer
- 2023Monica in the South Seas Editor, Director, Screenplay
- 2023Failed Emptiness. Place Director
- 2022Verbranntes land Director
- 2021Failed Emptiness. Time Director
- 2020Rentrer chez soi