“Mika Taanila: Film Reader” at Aboa Vetus Ars Nova in Turku.
From 26 November 2022 until 2 March 2023.
Solo show “FILM READER” at Aboa Vetus Ars Nova in Turku ( )
November 25, 2022 - April 2, 2023All posts by Mika Taanila
“Kamerakynät” program at Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä ( )
June 15, 2022 - June 19, 2022Program of short experimental films selected and introduced by Mika Taanila will screen at The Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä.
Saturday 18 June 2022, 01:15am, Venue: Koulu/School.
Inger Lise Hansen: Hus
Chantal Akerman: Le jour où…
Group exhibition “Scrapbook” at Rue Antoine Gallery in Paris ( )
June 9, 2022 - June 29, 2022Mika Taanila’s work Aika filmillä (”Time on Film”, laser photocopy on clear 35 mm film, A4 paper, Scotch tape, 2015) is part of group exhibition Scrapbook celebrating the 40th anniversary of Light Cone at Rue Antoine gallery in the 18th arrondissement in Paris.
The exhibition will be open from June 9 to 29, 2022.
SIX DAY RUN at This Is Short, The Oberhausen Perspective ( )
May 11, 2022 - May 31, 2022The short film Six Day Run (2013, 15 min) is part of This Is Short streaming platform for short films.
The program “Move Your Body” / The Oberhausen Perspective features films by Josef Dabernig, Alexia Walther, Salla Tykkä and Gabriel Herrera Torres and is available for streaming 11-31 May 2022 worldwide.
“Conditional Cinema” at the 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen ( )
May 5, 2022 - May 7, 2022The 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.
FAILED EMPTINESS. TIME at Le Festival International du Film sur l’Art in Montréal ( )
March 15, 2022 - March 27, 2022The 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.
FAILED EMPTINESS. TIME at the 35th Stuttgarter Filmwinter in Germany ( )
January 7, 2022 - January 16, 2022The 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.
PATENT NR. 314805 at Kino K13 in Helsinki ( )
November 21, 2021The 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 at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Trondheim, Norway ( )
January 11, 2022 - January 16, 2022Failed 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.