Mika Taanila
Still: Six Day RunFilmography
(selection) Thank You for the Music - Elokuva muzakista/Thank You for the Music - A Film About Muzak (1997, short), Futuro - tulevaisuuden olotila/Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow (1998, short doc), RoboCup99 (2000, short), Tulevaisuus ei ole entisensä/The Future Is Not What It Used To Be (2002, short), Fysikaalinen rengas/A Physical Ring (2002, short), Stimulus Progression (Rotterdam) (2005, instal), Optinen ääni/Optical Sound (2005, short), Sommerreise/A Summer Trip (2006, short), Täydellisen pimennyksen vyöhyke/The Zone of Total Eclipse (2006, instal), Puijo (2010, short), Laitos (2010, short), Ihminen ja tiede (2011), Pneuma (2011), The Most Electrified Town in Finland (2012, instal), Kuuden päivän juoksu/Six Day Run (2013, short), My Silence (2013, short), SSEENNSSEESS (2013, instal), Return of The Atom (2015, doc, co-dir), Tectonic Plate (2016, short), The World (2017, short), Monica in the South Seas (2023, co-dir), Failed Emptiness (2024)
Mika Taanila at IFFR
A Physical Ring
4'
Finland
IFFR 2003
The Dawn of Dimi
150'
Finland
IFFR 2005
Optical Sound
6'
Finland
IFFR 2006
The Zone of Total Eclipse
6'
Finland
IFFR 2007
The Zone of Total Eclipse
6'
Finland
IFFR 2007
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
52'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow
30'
Finland
IFFR 2013
The Most Electrified Town in Finland
15'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Optical Sound
6'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Six Day Run
15'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Stimulus Progression (Rotterdam)
4'
Finland
IFFR 2013
The Zone of Total Eclipse
6'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Black and White Movies
Finland
IFFR 2014
Flora & Fauna
6'
Finland
IFFR 2014
The World
8'
Finland
IFFR 2017
Polte
15'
Finland
IFFR 2018
Realms
Exploring geological epochs and kingdoms of life, Realms voyages through deep time from the primeval ocean to a post-human future.
20'
Finland
IFFR 2019
Works on Paper
An ultra-minimalist reduction of a filmscript in My Silence (On Paper) and a small library of brutally, yet cleverly abused books on cinema: Film Reader.
IFFR 2019
Monica in the South Seas
Elegant, ironic and melancholic essay on authenticity, based on the making of Monica Flaherty’s Moana with Sound.
72'
Finland
IFFR 2023
Before and After Zeno
The magnum opus and only sound film from Kai Oka is an elliptical journey.
7'
Canada
IFFR 2024
Blue Green
Inspired by Brakhage, the light dances as Kai Oka’s camera freely roams the countryside.
6'
Norway
IFFR 2024
Failed Emptiness
An apocalyptic mood-piece from Finnish experimental multimedia artist Mika Taanila, mixing thermal imagery and text.
70'
Finland
IFFR 2024
Oblivion Way
Suggestions of paradise as a young man runs and leaps through the streets.
15'
Canada
IFFR 2024
The Punched Tape of Life
Is everything recorded on film destined to become digital data, or does life still resist?
8'
Finland
IFFR 2024