Mika Taanila
Directing
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
Directing30
movieFailed Emptiness
2024
Director
movieFailed Emptiness. Place
2023
Director
movieVerbranntes land
2022
Director
movieFailed Emptiness. Time
2021
Director
moviePatent Nr. 314805
2020
Director
Vanishing
2020
Director
movieThe World
2017
Director
movieBranches
2017
Director
movieTectonic Plate
2016
Director
movieReturn of the Atom
2015
Director
My Silence
2013
Director
Six Day Run
2013
Director
movieSpindrift
2013
Director
Sommerreise
2006
Director
movieOptical Sound
2005
Director
movieA Physical Ring
2002
Director
movieRoboCup99
2000
Director
movieA City Symphony
1995
Director
movieBad Vugum – From B To V
1995
Director
movieSuolaista ja makeaa
1995
Assistant Director
Editing6
Production6
movieD Is for Distance
2026
Producer
movieNox
2026
Producer
movieFailed Emptiness
2024
Producer
movieFlame
2018
Producer
movieThe World
2017
Producer
Sommerreise
2006
Producer
Writing6
movieMonica in the South Seas
2023
Screenplay
Delay of Game
2017
Screenplay
movieRoboCup99
2000
Screenplay
Crew4
movieThe World
2017
Script
Delay of Game
2017
Cinematography
Sommerreise
2006
Cinematography
Sound3
Camera1
Rentrer chez soi
2020
Assistant Camera