Six Day Run
Taanila Mika
A film about spiritual exercise on a one-mile paved loop in a park. The Six Day Run is one of the most extreme individual endurance sports dating back to the 1870s. The film is based loosely on The Book of Genesis in the Bible (Gen. 1:1 – 2:3).
Production Year
2013
Duration
00:14:27
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Bible, documentarism, documentary films, endurance sports, experimental films, extreme sports, Kokkola, long-distance running, meditation, running, sports, ultrarunning
Original Title
Kuuden päivän juoksu
Finnish Title
Kuuden päivän juoksu
English Title
Six Day Run
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Mika Taanila (Author), Jussi Eerola (Cinematographer), Mika Taanila (Director), Mika Taanila (Editor), Circle (Music), Kinotar Oy (Producer), Lasse Saarinen (Producer), Cilla Werning (Producer), Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (Actor), David Alvarado (Arranger), Marko Terävä (Color Grading), Timo Mänttäri (Graphic Designer), Jon-Carlos Evans (Grip), Hanna Aartolahti (Production Manager), Kevin Adams (Runner), Olli Huhtanen (Sound Design), Mika Taanila (Sound Recording), Spencer Fuller (Sound Recording)
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Mika Taanila (s. 1965) is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. He works with documentaries, experimental film and visual arts. Human engineering, utopias, failures and man-machines are recurring themes in his films and installations. Taanila’s works have been shown at major international group shows, such as Venice Biennale (Nordic Pavilion 2017), Aichi Triennale (2013), dOCUMENTA (2012), Shanghai Biennale (2006), Berlin Biennale (2004), Manifesta (2002) and Istanbul Biennial (2001). Solo shows include the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2013–14), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2013), TENT, Rotterdam (2013) and Galleria Heino, Helsinki (2010). Taanila’s short films have been screened altogether at more than 300 international film festivals and special events. In 2015, Taanila was awarded with the prestigious Ars Fennica Award, the biggest Finnish art award.
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