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.
Behind the camera
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
A City Symphony
Director
Return of the Atom
Director
Tectonic Plate
Director
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
Director
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
Screenplay
RoboCup99
Director
RoboCup99
Screenplay
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
Director
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
Writer
Monica in the South Seas
Director
Monica in the South Seas
Screenplay