Mika Taanila’s solo show “Partial Head Clog” is on show at La Neomudéjar in Madrid from 10 May until 29 July 2019.
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DELAY OF GAME screening in the International Competition of The 34th Hamburg Short Film Festival, Germany ( )
June 5, 2018 - June 11, 2018Mika Taanila’s anaglyph 3D film Delay of Game (“Pelin viivyttäminen”, 2017, 6 min) has been selected for the International Competition The 34th Hamburg Short Film Festival that runs from 5 to 11 June, 2018.
Pakasteet with Charles Hayward performing at Ilmiö Festival, Turku, Finland ( )
July 28, 2018Pakasteet, the musical duo project of Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle) and Mika Taanila (Swissair) is performing with Charles Hayward (This Heat, Camberwell Now) on Saturday 28 July 2018 at Ilmiö open-air festival in Turku.
TECTONIC PLATE and THE WORLD screening at Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City ( )
April 14, 2018 - April 18, 2018Tectonic Plate (“Placas Tectónicas”, 2016, 74 min, dir. Mika Taanila) is screening at Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City as part of The Finnish Film Week (“La Semana de Cine Finlandés“) on Saturday 14 April 2018 at 18:00, re-run Sunday 15 April 2018 at 20:30. (Cineteca, Sala 7.) Taanila’s short collage film The World (2017, 8 min) is screening also in the same thematic programs on Tuesday 17 April and Wednesday 18 April 2018.
“Conditional Cinema” at Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage, Germany ( )
May 4, 2018 - May 6, 2018Mika Taanila is curating three “Conditional Cinema” programs for the 64th edition of Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage in 4–6 May, 2018.
THE WORLD screening at Aave Festival, Helsinki ( )
April 13, 2018Mika Taanila’s short collage film The World (2017) is screening at Aave Festival in Helsinki on Friday 13 April 2018 at WHS Teatteri Union at 17:30.
The World is part of a short film screening entitled Ghost Lights.
THE ZONE OF TOTAL ECLIPSE screening at Austrian Film Museum in Vienna ( )
March 19, 2018Mika Taanila’s film The Zone of Total Eclipse (2006, 6 min) is screening in Vienna at Austrian Film Museum on 19 March 2018. The double projection film is part of film programs on the occasion of the exhibition The Remains of Cinema held at the Künstlerhaus in Graz, curated by Sandro Droschl and Norbert Pfaffenbichler. Austrian Film Museum devotes an evening to rare finds and works stemming from unrealized or thwarted projects.
“The Earth Who Fell to Man” exhibition at Widmertheodoridis in Eschlikon, Switzerland ( )
March 17, 2018 - April 28, 2018The gallery Widmertheodoridis is showing six works by Mika Taanila under the title “The Earth Who Fell to Man” from 17 March until 28 April 2018 in Eschlikon, Switzerland. On Easter Saturday, March 31, 2018, 6 pm there is a special screening of Tectonic Plate (74 mins) in the gallery. Free of charge.
OPTICAL SOUND screening at Cineteatro Sao Luiz, Brazil ( )
February 27, 2018Mika Taanila’s short film Optical Sound (2005) is screening at Cineteatro Sao Luiz in Brazil on 27 February 2018. The film is part of a program entitled “Enhanced Visions” as part of OLHO III / Tentacular. Curator: Vanina Saracino.
