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Mika Taanila

Regisseur, Schrijver, Redacteur, Producer, Componist

22 mei 1965 (60 years)
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

  • Return of the Atom
    Return of the Atom2015
  • Bittersweet
    Bittersweet1995
  • Futuro: A New Stance for Tomorrow
    Futuro: A New Stance for Tomorrow1998
  • Tectonic Plate
    Tectonic Plate2016
  • Flame
    Flame2018
  • D Is for Distance
    D Is for Distance2026
  • Monica in the South Seas
    Monica in the South Seas2023
  • Six Day Run
    Six Day Run
  • Failed Emptiness
    Failed Emptiness2024
  • Mulla ei ole mitään
    Mulla ei ole mitään
  • RoboCup99: We Have a Dream
    RoboCup99: We Have a Dream2000
  • Preemptive Listening
    Preemptive Listening2025
  • Kaupunkisinfonia
    Kaupunkisinfonia1995

Cinematografie

2024
Failed Emptiness
2023
Monica in the South Seas
2017
Delay of Game
2016
Tectonic Plate
2015
Return of the Atom
2013
Six Day Run
2011
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2002
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
2000
RoboCup99: We Have a Dream
1998
Futuro: A New Stance for Tomorrow
1995
Kaupunkisinfonia
1992
Mulla ei ole mitään