Six Day Run

Synopsis

The ultimate spiritual exertion takes place on a tarmac road through a park. The Six Day Run is one of the most extreme endurance sports ever, with participants using meditation to try and go furthest in six days virtually without sleeping, all in memory of spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy. Taanila movingly portrays the strange mix of euphoric spirituality and the hardcore competitive element.

Director Biography

Mika Taanila (b. 1965, Finland) studied Video at Lahti University of Applied Sciences and has been an artist working in the fields of documentary filmmaking, avant-garde filmmaking and the visual arts ever since. Until 2009 he was the director of Avanto, an important festival in Finland for experimental films. Taanila’s work has been shown in numerous international film festivals and solo and group exhibitions.