Mika Taanila
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 22, 1965
- Birthplace
- 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, 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
D Is for Distance 2026
Producer
John 9:25 / 52:9 nhoJ 2026
Music
Nox 2026
Producer
John 9:25 2025
Music
Failed Emptiness 2024
Director, Editor, Producer
Monica in the South Seas 2023
Editor, Director, Screenplay
Failed Emptiness. Place 2023
Director
Verbranntes land 2022
Director
Failed Emptiness. Time 2021
Director
- Rentrer chez soi
Rentrer chez soi 2020
Assistant Camera
Patent Nr. 314805 2020
Director, Writer
- Vanishing
Vanishing 2020
Director
Realms 2019
Editor
Flame 2018
Producer
The World 2017
Director, Script, Producer, Editor
- Delay of Game
Delay of Game 2017
Music, Director, Cinematography, Screenplay
Branches 2017
Director
Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers 2017
Director, Cinematography
Tectonic Plate 2016
Director
Return of the Atom 2015
Director
- My Silence
My Silence 2013
Director
- Six Day Run
Six Day Run 2013
Director
Spindrift 2013
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 2011
Director
- Man and Science
Man and Science 2011
Director
- The Pests
The Pests 2007
Editor
The Zone of Total Eclipse 2006
Director
- Sommerreise
Sommerreise 2006
Cinematography, Producer, Director
Optical Sound 2005
Director
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be 2002
Writer, Editor, Director
A Physical Ring 2002
Director
RoboCup99 2000
Director, Screenplay
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow 1998
Director, Screenplay
A City Symphony 1995
Director
Bad Vugum – From B To V 1995
Director
Suolaista ja makeaa 1995
Assistant Director
The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos 1993
Director
- Hermaphrodites
Hermaphrodites 1984
Director
Credits from TMDB.