Directing
Mika Taanila
EN, FI, XX, FR cinema · 38 credits
Born
22 May 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Helsinki, Finland
Also known as Мика Таанила
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
Filmography
Nox
Producer
Failed Emptiness
Director, Editor, Producer
Monica in the South Seas
Editor, Director, Screenplay
Patent Nr. 314805
Director, Writer
Rentrer chez soi
2020
Rentrer chez soi
Assistant Camera
Realms
Editor
Flame
Producer
Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers
Director, Cinematography
The World
Director, Script, Producer, Editor
Branches
Director
Pelin viivyttäminen
2017
Delay of Game
Music, Director, Cinematography, Screenplay
Tectonic Plate
Director
Return of the Atom
Director
Spindrift
Director
Sommerreise
2006
Sommerreise
Cinematography, Producer, Director
Optical Sound
Director
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
Writer, Editor, Director
A Physical Ring
Director
RoboCup99
Director, Screenplay
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
Director, Screenplay
A City Symphony
Director
Suolaista ja makeaa
Assistant Director
