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
all 30
Movies 30
Director 26
Producer 2
Failed Emptiness (2024)
Monica in the South Seas (2023)
Failed Emptiness. Place (2023)
Failed Emptiness. Time (2021)
Patent Nr. 314805 (2020)
Vanishing (2020)
Realms (2019)
Flame (2018)
The World (2017)
Pelin viivyttäminen (2017)
Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers (2017)
Branches (2017)
Tectonic Plate (2016)
Return of the Atom (2015)
My Silence (2013)
Six Day Run (2013)
Spindrift (2013)
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
Man and Science (2011)
The Pests (2007)
The Zone of Total Eclipse (2006)
Sommerreise (2006)
Optical Sound (2005)
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be (2002)
A Physical Ring (2002)
RoboCup99 (2000)
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (1998)
A City Symphony (1995)
Bad Vugum – From B To V (1995)
Hermaphrodites (1984)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1965-05-22 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceHelsinki, Finland
CitizenshipsFinland
Also Known AsМика Таанила
AwardsArs Fennica Award
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