The original Finnish language version of Mika Taanila’s film Mannerlaatta (2015, 74 min) is screening at Savonlinna International Nature Film Festival on Thursday 19 August 2021.
The event is co-organized by the film festival and Savonlinnan Uusi taidemuseo (SLUT) takes place at Kulttuurikellari at 19h. Free entrance.
The short film Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (dir. Mika Taanila, 1998, 28 min) is part of the exhibition “Flexibilité” at The Museum of Architecture (Maison de l’Architecture MA) in Geneva, Switzerland from 22 September until 3 October 2021.
“Flexibilité” is curated by Simon Lamunière. Participating artists: Davide-Christelle Sanvee, A.Luna (Adiff) Ecocapsule, N55, Z-Triton, Mika Taanila, PAO Conférences de Michel Agier, Fiona Meadows, Saskia Cousin, Carla Juaçaba, Aigrs Lauzis and Holz&Gonzalez. The group exhibition is part of a larger project called Open House.
The short film Failed Emptiness. Time (2021, 14 min) is selected for the International Competition Selection at the 6th MIEFF in Moscow, Russia. The festival runs from August 11 to 16, 2021.
International Competition screenings take place in the cinema of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow.
Directed by Mika Taanila, script by Harry Salmenniemi, music by Éliane Radigue, produced for Testifilmi by Mika Taanila & Jussi Eerola.
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 by Mika Taanila is part of New Jersey Film Festival. The film is streaming in a combined program together with Who the F… Is Roger Rossmeisl by Loc Quelin on Friday June 5th at 7:01 am UTC+3 and is available for 24 hours.
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 (dir. Mika Taanila, 2020) has its US premiere at the 20th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival.
The film is part of short film program called “Program 2: I Like to Watch – Mediations on Meditations through the strange and the beautiful visual arts.” available for streaming from 3 to 20 June 2021.
Five works from the series Black and White Movies (2013) by Mika Taanila are featured in the Niemistö Collection exhibition “Heart Open to Art” at Aboa Vetus Ars Nova, Museum of Archaeology and Contemporary Art in Turku, Finland.
The exhibition presents a wide selection of works The Niemistö Collection – a private, constantly accumulating collection of contemporary art, deposited in the Hämeenlinna Art Museum. The exhibition is open from 9 June until 26 September 2021.
The documentary film Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (dir. Mika Taanila, 1998, 28 min) is part of the 37th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany. The film is streaming in a combined program entitled “Hamburg Positions 1: The City of Tomorrow” from 1 to 7 June 2021. Curator: Lars Freshe.
Synopsis:
Suddenly there is an enormous amount of time. At first everything is possible. Anything might happen. Gradually the possible becomes impossible.
Mika Taanila’s solo exhibition “In Between the Plates” is open at the Podroom Gallery, Cultural Centre of Belgrad from 11 March until 15 April 2015. Curators: Aleksandra Sekulić and Dejan Vasić.