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Midi Onodera

Midi Onodera is an award-winning filmmaker and media artist who has been making films and videos for 35+ years. In 2018, Midi received the Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts. Her work is laced with markers of her experiences as a feminist, lesbian, Japanese-Canadian woman. She has produced over 25 independent shorts, ranging from 16mm film to digital video to toy camera formats. Her film The Displaced View (1988) was nominated for Best Documentary at the Gemini Awards. Skin Deep (1995), her theatrical feature, screened internationally at festivals including the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Since 2006 she has made over 500 Vidoodles (defined as bite-sized 30 second to 2 minute video doodles). Each year since 2009 she presents an annual video project addressing themes of language, media, politics and everyday life. Her online videos can be viewed at: www.midionodera.com or www.vidoodles.com.

Image Caption: Soliloquy Level Twenty, video still, 2018

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Midi Onodera, Strategic Growth 2 from the online series, Annual Report, 2015, video, 1:24 min.

Midi Onodera, Blame Warhol from the online series, 12x12x12, 2011, video, 1:15 min.

Midi Onodera, Tabletop Viewables, letter P, 2011, video installation, loops, various length.

Midi Onodera, marooned, from the online series, Baker's Dozen, 2010, video, 1:03 min.

Midi Onodera, I have no memory of my direction, 2005, video, 77 min.

Midi Onodera, nobody knows, 2002, video, 3:15 min.

Midi Onodera, The Basement Girl, 2000, 16mm & video, 11:40 min.

Midi Onodera, Skin Deep, 1995, 35mm film, 85 min.

Midi Onodera, The Displaced View, 1988, 16mm film, 52 min.

Midi Onodera, 10 Cents a Dance (Parallax), 1985, 16mm film, 30 min.

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