SHORT FILM / USA / 2019

Cast

Megan Channell & Eric Whitten

Logline

Stuck in a claustrophobic marriage, a woman begins an emotional affair with a caterpillar.

Synopsis

Taking care of her husband Ben, who refuses to permanently remove the washcloths tied to his hands, Mimi finds her marriage rotating in an almost surreal routine. Suppressed by his weakness, while simultaneously enabling it, she misses a connection to the outside world and to nature in all its harshness. Acting upon these claustrophobic feelings, Mimi secretly opens a window one night and allows a caterpillar to enter their home. Getting closer to the animal, she slowly rediscovers a more primal, free and almost mystical side of herself.

About

Ben and Mimi - Mimi and Ben was shot as a Columbia University Thesis Film and premiered in March 2019 at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in California. It has since played at over 20 festivals worldwide including Riga International Film Festival and the International Usak Short Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award.

Writer / Director - Eva Rini May

Producer - Apoorva Guru Charan

Cinematographer - Gabriel Wilson

Production Designer - Yu-Hsuan Chen

Assistant Director - Jaclyn Noel

Unit Production Manager - Dario Caudana

Assistant Camera - Matt Delvin

Gaffer - Wesley Ortiz

Key Grip - Sam Titus

Sound Recordist - Vera Quipse

Art Assistant - Grace Swee

Hair and Make-Up - Susie Bua

Animal Wrangler - Jennifer Muller

Stunt Coordinator - Casey Matteson

DIT - Nicholas Angeles

Wardrobe and Puppets - Lillian Prentice

Colorist - Markus Englmair

VFX Artist - Rob Bellon

Composer - Andrew Howes

Sound Designer - Pro Montin

Sound Mixer - Steve ‘Major’ Giammaria

Post Production House - Sound Lounge