Movies: Midi Onodera

A filmmaker initiates a dangerous and threatening game when a woman responds to her ad in a tattoo magazine....

The Displaced View traces a personal search for identity and pride, within the unique and suppressed history of the Japanese in Canada. Through an examination of the emotional and cultural links between the women of one family, the processes of the c...

a short video by midi onodera...

There are so many colours in the rainbow. (Midi Onodera Short Film)...

Nobody Knows is a short poetic video that eloquently hints at a few inner thoughts of a solitary young woman. Shot in 2 toy camera formats, the Lomographic 35mm Supersampler and the Intel Play Digital Movie Creator, Nobody Knows embraces alternative ...

A work exploring the nature of vision, framed within two circular ‘windows’ that mimic the apparatus of binocular vision. The film is accompanied by a string of observations on eyes, blindness and acts of looking....

“Ville Quelle Ville?” reflects a satirical view of city life, commonplace and redundant. Urban life is portrayed as a series of rituals: coming of age in an environment shaped by generations, obscured by the constant barrage of everyday life. The fil...

Abandoned by her lover, a young woman finds comfort and safety in her basement apartment. Mundane routines, a diet of junk food and the warmth of the television insulate her from the pain and betrayal of her ill-fated relationship. Eventually, The Ba...

Step-printed images of a “home” - a suburban house, no people in sight - combine with a children's story, told in saccarine tones, about the country mouse who discovers that "there's no place like home." A gently told tale of alienation....

a short video by midi onodera...

a short video by midi onodera...

a short video by midi onodera...

a short video by midi onodera...

a renovatio n is a document of labour...

Videos on youtube which are 'lonely' (without many views) are compiled in the hope of making friends....

In October 1984, peformance artist/filmmaker extraordinaire, Jack Smith was coaxed out of his New York apartment for a five night run of performances held at the Funnel Experimental Film Theatre in Toronto, Canada. The performance, entitled: “Brassie...

Ostensibly searching for an emotional connection with her aging father, the woman contemplates her own inherited culture and familial touchstones. Her North American pop culture sensibility fuses with a distorted Japanese perspective to create a surr...

Confusion, underlying meaning and unspoken truths are often associated with the dialectic of sexual communication. Mingled with the intensity and unpredictability of a “one night stand,” they generate unique sensations – mixed emotion, risk, and exci...