Mika Taanila
Still: Six Day RunMika 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
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