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Jaakko Taavila
 

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Kiesler's Body

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Alabaster

short film

60 seconds

fashion film 

Psyche 16
 

experimental film
 

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Jaakko Taavila is a finnish Cinematographer based in Vienna, Austria.

While studying Cinematography at the Film Academy of Vienna (Filmakademie Wien), Jaakko has frequently been working as a DP in narrative and experimental short films, investigative documentaries, music videos, and commercials around Europe. 

Since his early teens and long before being accepted to the Film Academy, Jaakko had already gotten into directing diverse short films. This, to be sure, helped lay the foundations for his firm understanding of story-based cinematography: the art of telling a story and creating worlds with the right choice of composition, production design and creative lighting - choices that serve the artistic intention of the film.

As of today, Jaakko has managed to gather experience on larger film sets (feature films, TV series, commercials), working in various departments including camera, grip and light departments.

In his most recent experimental work, Jaakko is actively exploring new types of visual language.

Inspired by other art forms, he is not afraid to push his cinematography towards the abstract with the aim of finding new ways of visual expression.

Portrait Jaakko Taavila
Portrait Jaakko Taavila

• "Applied Correlation Laboratory", Studio Exhibition Austrian Friedrich and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation (Premiere)

• Animafantasia - Best Experimental Short (RO)

• Animateka Festival, Ljubljana (SI)

• Animefest Bucharest (RO)

• CinemaNext - Jury Special Mention Award

• Diagonale - Innovatives Kino

• International Student Animated Film Festival Animafantasia - Lasi (RO)

• International Youth Film Festival (AT)

• Kortfilmfestival Leuven (BE)

• Les Instants Videos Marseille (FR)

• L'etrange Festival Paris - Short Film Competition (FR)

• TOPU International Animation Week, Jiangsu (CH)

• Uppsala Short-Film Festival (SE)

• Vienna Shorts - Animation Avantgarde - International Competition - Jury Honorable Mention Award

• Pool - International Dance Film Festival Berlin (Premiere)

• International Portrait Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

• ROLLOUT Dance Film Festival, Macao, China - Jury Special Mention Award

• Serbest International Film Festival, Moldova (Semi-Finalist)

• Friss Húss - Budapest International Short Film Festival (HU)

• Omladinski Film Festival Sarajevo (SRB)

• Diagonale 2023 - Short Film Programm (Premiere)

• Vienna Shorts 2023 - Austrian Competition

• Max Ophüls Preis 2024 - Featurette Competition

• Lux Film Festival, Luxembourg (Premiere)

• CinemaNext 2023

• Canberra Short Film Festival (AU)

• SubTropical Independent Film Festival (TW) - 

Best Directing Award

nominated for Best Cinematography

Exhibition "Passage" at

Deichthorhallen / Sammlung Falckenberg Hamburg-Harburg (DE)

27.4. - 15.9.2024 

  • 'On the New' - Belvedere21 Museum for Contemporary Art Vienna - 2023

  • Traum / Hotel Kunst Vienna - 4.2023

  • Austrian Animation Film Festival - Filmcasino Vienna 2023

Alabaster

• Lux Film Festival, Luxembourg (Premiere)

• CinemaNext 2023

• Canberra Short Film Festival (AU)

• SubTropical Independent Film Festival (TW) - Best Directing Award - nominated for Best Cinematography

• Diagonale 2023 - Short Film Programm (Premiere)

• Vienna Shorts 2023 - Austrian Competition

• Max Ophüls Preis 2024 - Featurette Competition

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Kiesler's Body Kiesler's Körper Film

Kieslers Body

experimental short

Alabaster Short Film

Alabaster

narrative short

John Harris Fitness Commercial

John Harris

commercial

60 Seconds 60s fashion film

60 seconds

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