IFFR 2024
25 Jan – 4 Feb 2024

      NL
      Mika Taanila

      Mika Taanila

      Still: Six Day Run
      Mika TAANILA (1965, Finland) studied video and filmmaking at Lahti University of Applied Sciences, and usually works in documentary, avant-garde filmmaking and visual arts. Many of his films and installations deal with utopias in historical and contemporary science. Return of the Atom (2015) won the Nordic Dox Award for Best Nordic documentary at CPH:DOX, and Six Day Run (2013) was nominated for a Tiger Award at IFFR. His documentaries have screened at festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, IFFR and IDFA. He also served as a programmer at Avanto Festival in Finland for several years.

      Filmography

      (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)

      Mika Taanila at IFFR