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Mimi Cave

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Mimi Cave

5 films

Mimi Cave was born in Chicago and began her career behind the camera creating music videos for artists such as Sleigh Bells and Vance Joy. From there, she moved on to short films, which earned her critical acclaim at festivals worldwide, most recently with I’m Happy, I Promise, a selection of SXSW in 2020. In 2022, she made her narrative feature debut with Fresh.

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Fresh posterFirst watchFresh20226.9Frustrated by scrolling dating apps only to end up on lame, tedious dates, Noa takes a chance by giving her number to the awkwardly charming Steve after a produce-section meet-cute at the…View film

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Filmography

5 films as director
  1. TBAPumping BlackDirector
  2. 2025HollandDirector
  3. 2022FreshDirector
  4. 2019I'm Happy, I PromiseDirector
  5. 2015VesselDirector