Mika Taanila
Born: 1965-05-22 in Helsinki, Finland
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- D Is for Distance ... (Producer)
- Nox ... (Producer)
- John 9:25 / 52:9 nhoJ ... (Music)
2025
- John 9:25 ... (Music)
2024
- Failed Emptiness ... (Director)
2023
- Monica in the South Seas ... (Editor)
- Failed Emptiness. Place ... (Director)
2022
- Verbranntes land ... (Director)
2021
- Failed Emptiness. Time ... (Director)
2020
- Rentrer chez soi ... (Assistant Camera)
- Vanishing ... (Director)
- Patent Nr. 314805 ... (Director)
2019
- Realms ... (Editor)
2018
- Flame ... (Producer)
2017
- Delay of Game ... (Music)
- The World ... (Director)
- Branches ... (Director)
- Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers ... (Director)
2016
- Tectonic Plate ... (Director)
2015
- Return of the Atom ... (Director)
2013
- Spindrift ... (Director)
- Six Day Run ... (Director)
- My Silence ... (Director)
2011
- 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero ... (Director)
- Man and Science ... (Director)
2007
- The Pests ... (Editor)
2006
- Sommerreise ... (Cinematography)
- The Zone of Total Eclipse ... (Director)
2005
- Optical Sound ... (Director)
2002
- The Future Is Not What It Used to Be ... (Writer)
- A Physical Ring ... (Director)
2000
- RoboCup99 ... (Director)
1998
- Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow ... (Director)
1995
- Suolaista ja makeaa ... (Assistant Director)
- A City Symphony ... (Director)
- Bad Vugum – From B To V ... (Director)
1993
- The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos ... (Director)
1984
- Hermaphrodites ... (Director)