Midi Onodera Movies

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...

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...

a short video by midi onodera

a short video by midi onodera

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

A work exploring the nature of vision, framed within two circular ‘windows’ that mimic the apparatus of binocular vision. The film is...

“Ville Quelle Ville?” reflects a satirical view of city life, commonplace and redundant. Urban life is portrayed as a series of rituals:...

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...

Step-printed images of a “home” - a suburban house, no people in sight - combine with a children's story, told in saccarine tones, about...

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...

Ostensibly searching for an emotional connection with her aging father, the woman contemplates her own inherited culture and familial touchstones....

Confusion, underlying meaning and unspoken truths are often associated with the dialectic of sexual communication. Mingled with the intensity and...