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Mika Taanila

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Composer, Additional CreditsBorn May 22, 1965 (60 years)
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

  • Flame
  • Bittersweet
  • Futuro: A New Stance for Tomorrow
  • Return of the Atom
  • Tectonic Plate
  • D Is for Distance
  • Monica in the South Seas
  • Six Day Run
  • Failed Emptiness
  • RoboCup99: We Have a Dream
  • Mulla ei ole mitään
  • Preemptive Listening
  • Kaupunkisinfonia

Filmography

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