All posts by Mika Taanila

TECTONIC PLATE screening at Tampere Biennale ( )

April 14, 2016 - April 14, 2016

Tectonic Plate (“Mannerlaatta”) is screening at Tampere Biennale on Thursday April 14, 2016 (17:00h). The venue is Cinema Niagara (Kehräsaari).

Version in Finnish language.

Text by Harry Salmenniemi, English translation by Lola Rogers, original score by Mika Vainio, graphic design by Markus Pyörälä, sound design by Olli Huhtanen, produced by Jussi Eerola for Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy. [testifilmi #2]

74 minutes, DCP, 1:1,85, b&w

link to Tampere Biennale

link to trailer in Finnish

link to Testifilmi website

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Tectonic Plate © 2016 Testifilmi
Tectonic Plate © 2016 Testifilmi

TECTONIC PLATE screening at Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki ( )

March 31, 2016 - April 2, 2016

Tectonic Plate, a camera-less lettrist feature film by Mika Taanila is screening in Helsinki at Kiasma Theatre three times:

Thursday 31 Mar 7 pm (premiere of the Finnish version)

Friday 1 Apr 7 pm (Finnish version + Q&A)

Saturday 2 Apr 4 pm (English version)

Text by Harry Salmenniemi, English translation by Lola Rogers, original score by Mika Vainio, graphic design by Markus Pyörälä, sound design by Olli Huhtanen, produced by Jussi Eerola for Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy. [testifilmi #2]

74 minutes, DCP, 1:1,85, b&w

link to trailer in Finnish

link to trailer in English

link to Testifilmi website

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Tectonic Plate © 2016 Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi OY
Tectonic Plate © 2016 Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy

TECTONIC PLATE selected for 66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin ( )

February 15, 2016 - February 16, 2016

Tectonic Plate, a camera-less lettrist feature film by Mika Taanila has been selected for the 66th Berlinale. It is screening in Forum Expanded on February 15 & 16, 2016.

Monday 15 Feb 19:00 Akademie der Künste (world premiere)
Tuesday 16 Feb 17:30 Kino Arsenal 1

Text by Harry Salmenniemi, English translation by Lola Rogers, original score by Mika Vainio, graphic design by Markus Pyörälä, sound design by Olli Huhtanen, produced by Jussi Eerola for Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy.

74 minutes, DCP, 1:1,85, b&w

link to trailer

link to Testifilmi website

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Forum Expanded 2016

66_IFB_Forum_expanded_rot (kopio)

Tectonic Plate © 2016 Testifilmi
Tectonic Plate © 2016 Testifilmi

RETURN OF THE ATOM screening at DocPoint in Helsinki ( )

January 30, 2016 - January 30, 2016

Return of the Atom, feature documentary by Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola is screening as DocPoint, Helsinki Documentary Film Festival. The screening  is with English subtitles and takes place in a new venue, Korjaamo Kulmasali at Saturday evening , January 30, at 20:00, accompanied with an Q&A.

link to film at DocPoint site (in English)

link to film at DocPoint site (in Finnish)

film trailer

Photo by Jussi Eerola / Kinotar
Photo by Jussi Eerola / Kinotar

RETURN OF THE ATOM in The Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary Competition at the 39th Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden ( )

January 29, 2016 - February 8, 2016

Return of the Atom, feature documentary by Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola has been selected among the eight films competing for the Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary at Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden. The film is screening three times during the festival.

Wed February 3 * 20:15 at cinema Göta

Thu February 4 * 15:00 at cinema Göta

Fri February 5 * 10:00 at cinema Capitol

link to program

link to film at GIFF site

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Olkiluoto 3 construction site, photo by Jussi eerola
Olkiluoto 3 construction site, photo by Jussi Eerola

FUTURO – A NEW STANCE FOR TOMORROW in Golden Generation. Modernism in Finnish Architecture and Design at The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg ( )

November 14, 2015 - January 31, 2016

The short film Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (1998, 28 min) is part of the show Golden Generation. Modernism in Finnish Architecture and Design in St. Petersburg. The film runs non-stop on a monitor setting with Russian subtitles at The State Hermitage Museum from 14 November 2015 until 31 January 2016.

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Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow