Mika Taanila

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Mika Taanila

Directing 61 May 22, 1965

Helsinki, Finland

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, Berlin…

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60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

4.2 2011 Movie
Tectonic Plate

Tectonic Plate

6.7 2016 Movie
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

6.7 2002 Movie
Optical Sound

Optical Sound

6.0 2005 Movie
Realms

Realms

6.5 2019 Movie
Suolaista ja makeaa

Suolaista ja makeaa

4.4 1995 Movie
Nox

Nox

2026 Movie
Return of the Atom

Return of the Atom

7.2 2015 Movie
Spindrift

Spindrift

2013 Movie
Flame

Flame

7.0 2018 Movie
D Is for Distance

D Is for Distance

2026 Movie
A City Symphony

A City Symphony

8.0 1995 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    D Is for Distance

    Movie Producer

  2. 2026
    John 9:25 / 52:9 nhoJ

    Movie Music

  3. 2026
    Nox

    Movie Producer

  4. 2025
    John 9:25

    Movie Music

  5. 2024
    Failed Emptiness

    Movie Director

  6. 2023
    Monica in the South Seas

    Movie Director

  7. 2023
    Failed Emptiness. Place

    Movie Director

  8. 2022
    Verbranntes land

    Movie Director

  9. 2021
    Failed Emptiness. Time

    Movie Director

  10. 2020
    Rentrer chez soi

    Movie Assistant Camera

  11. 2020
    Patent Nr. 314805

    Movie Director

  12. 2020
    Vanishing

    Movie Director

  13. 2019
    Realms

    Movie Editor

  14. 2018
    Flame

    Movie Producer

  15. 2017
    The World

    Movie Director

  16. 2017
    Delay of Game

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2017
    Branches

    Movie Director

  2. 2017
    Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

    Movie Director

  3. 2016
    Tectonic Plate

    Movie Director

  4. 2015
    Return of the Atom

    Movie Director

  5. 2013
    My Silence

    Movie Director

  6. 2013
    Six Day Run

    Movie Director

  7. 2013
    Spindrift

    Movie Director

  8. 2011
    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    Movie Director

  9. 2011
    Man and Science

    Movie Director

  10. 2007
    The Pests

    Movie Editor

  11. 2006
    The Zone of Total Eclipse

    Movie Director

  12. 2006
    Sommerreise

    Movie Director

  13. 2005
    Optical Sound

    Movie Director

  14. 2002
    The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

    Movie Director

  15. 2002
    A Physical Ring

    Movie Director

  16. 2000
    RoboCup99

    Movie Director

  17. 1998
    Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

    Movie Director

  18. 1995
    A City Symphony

    Movie Director

  19. 1995
    Bad Vugum – From B To V

    Movie Director

  20. 1995
    Suolaista ja makeaa

    Movie Assistant Director

  21. 1993
    The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos

    Movie Director

  22. 1984
    Hermaphrodites

    Movie Director