Mika Taanila

male

Born on May 22, 1965 (60 years old)

From 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.

Cast Credits

No credits available

Crew Credits

2025
- D is for Distance
  as
  Producer
  2025
2024
- Failed Emptiness
  as
  Director
  2024
- Failed Emptiness
  as
  Editor
  2024
- Failed Emptiness
  as
  Producer
  2024
2023
- Monica in the South Seas
  as
  Director
  2023
- Monica in the South Seas
  as
  Screenplay
  2023
- Monica in the South Seas
  as
  Editor
  2023
- Failed Emptiness. Place
  as
  Director
  2023
2022
- Verbranntes land
  as
  Director
  2022
2021
- Failed Emptiness. Time
  as
  Director
  2021
2020
- no image
  Vanishing
  as
  Director
  2020
- Patent Nr. 314805
  as
  Director
  2020
- Patent Nr. 314805
  as
  Writer
  2020
2019
- Realms
  as
  Editor
  2019
2018
- Flame
  as
  Producer
  2018
2017
- Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers
  as
  Director
  2017
- Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers
  as
  Cinematography
  2017
- The World
  as
  Director
  2017
- Branches
  as
  Director
  2017
- no image
  Delay of Game
  as
  Director
  2017
- no image
  Delay of Game
  as
  Cinematography
  2017
- no image
  Delay of Game
  as
  Music
  2017
- no image
  Delay of Game
  as
  Screenplay
  2017
- The World
  as
  Script
  2017
- The World
  as
  Editor
  2017
- The World
  as
  Producer
  2017
2016
- Tectonic Plate
  as
  Director
  2016
2015
- Return of the Atom
  as
  Director
  2015
2013
- no image
  Six Day Run
  as
  Director
  2013
- no image
  My Silence
  as
  Director
  2013
- Spindrift
  as
  Director
  2013
2011
- no image
  Man and Science
  as
  Director
  2011
- 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
  as
  Director
  2011
2007
- no image
  The Pests
  as
  Editor
  2007
2006
- The Zone of Total Eclipse
  as
  Director
  2006
- no image
  Sommerreise
  as
  Director
  2006
- no image
  Sommerreise
  as
  Producer
  2006
- no image
  Sommerreise
  as
  Cinematography
  2006
2005
- Optical Sound
  as
  Director
  2005
2002
- The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
  as
  Director
  2002
- The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
  as
  Writer
  2002
- The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
  as
  Editor
  2002
- A Physical Ring
  as
  Director
  2002
2000
- RoboCup99
  as
  Director
  2000
- RoboCup99
  as
  Screenplay
  2000
1998
- Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
  as
  Director
  1998
- Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
  as
  Screenplay
  1998
1995
- Bad Vugum – From B To V
  as
  Director
  1995
- A City Symphony
  as
  Director
  1995
- Suolaista ja makeaa
  as
  Assistant Director
  1995
1993
- The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos
  as
  Director
  1993
1984
- no image
  Hermaphrodites
  as
  Director
  1984

Mika Taanila

Biography

Cast Credits

Crew Credits

D is for Distance

Failed Emptiness

Failed Emptiness

Failed Emptiness

Monica in the South Seas

Monica in the South Seas

Monica in the South Seas

Failed Emptiness. Place

Verbranntes land

Failed Emptiness. Time

Vanishing

Patent Nr. 314805

Patent Nr. 314805

Realms

Flame

Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

The World

Branches

Delay of Game

Delay of Game

Delay of Game

Delay of Game

The World

The World

The World

Tectonic Plate

Return of the Atom

Six Day Run

My Silence

Spindrift

Man and Science

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

The Pests

The Zone of Total Eclipse

Sommerreise

Sommerreise

Sommerreise

Optical Sound

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

A Physical Ring

RoboCup99

RoboCup99

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Bad Vugum – From B To V

A City Symphony

Suolaista ja makeaa

The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos

Hermaphrodites