The project Conditional Cinema, programmed by Mika Taanila, will have its third and final cycle at the 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. The Conditional Cinema events take place 5-7 May 2022.

The project Conditional Cinema, programmed by Mika Taanila, will have its third and final cycle at the 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. The Conditional Cinema events take place 5-7 May 2022.
The short film Failed Emptiness. Time (dir. Mika Taanila, 2021, produced by Testifilmi) is part of the 40th edition of Le Festival International du Film sur l’Art in Montréal, Canada. The work is showing in program section called Eye Listens and is available for viewing from 16 March onwards until 27 March 2022 at FIFA EXPERIMENTAL. Curator: Nicole Gingras.
The short film Failed Emptiness. Time (2021, dir. Mika Taanila, prod. Testifilmi) has been selected to the International Competition of the 35th Stuttgater Filmwinter. The festival takes place from 7th to 16th of January 2022.
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 (dir. Mika Taanila, 2020, 2 min, produced by Testifilmi, testifilmi #6) is screening at Kino K13 in Helsinki as part of Finnish Film Foundation’s “Lyhyesti kerran kuussa” short film program, curated by Otto Suuronen.
Sunday 21 November 2021, 15:00h, free admission
Failed Emptiness. Time (2021, 15 min) by Mika Taanila has been selected for the Nordic Competition at Minimalen Festival in Trondheim, Norway.
Script: Harry Salmenniemi, music: Éliane Radigue, production: Testifilmi.
The short film Failed Emptiness. Time (dir. Mika Taanila 2021) is screening at the 66th Cork International Film Festival.
The film is part of the combined shorts program entitled “Free Radicals” and shows on Thursday 11 November 2021 at Gate Cinema (Screen 1) at 17:30h.
Four films by Mika Taanila are screening at Ekko Festival XVIII in Bergen, Norway on Sunday 24th October 2021.
The program entitled “Collapsing Worlds” plays non-stop at Østre – 2.etg – Fongaard from noon until 23:00h.
Mika Taanila: “Film without Film”, Galerie Anhava, 25 November – 19 December 2021.Review by Sini Mononen / HS
The short film Failed Emptiness. Time (2021, 14 min) is screening at DocLisboa International Film Festival on the 28th and 30th of October 2021. The film is part of combined programs entitled Liquid Bodies.
Script: Harry Salmenniemi, music: Éliane Radigue, director: Mika Taanila, produced by Testifilmi.