Mimi Dejene
Directing
Biography
An Ethiopian Canadian filmmaker, based in Vancouver, Canada.
Known For

A young girl's world shifts between reality and a vibrant underwater fantasy as she navigates the depths of her loss, using her imagination.
Jackie's Haven

A film exploring how technology isolates as much as it can connect.
Mena Brea: A Techno-Dysmorphic Tale
When a high school basketball star is wrongfully convicted of a crime in a suburban neighborhood, his family’s pursuit of a better life is shattered. Ibtisam Farah, a high achieving Somali youth worker is forced to take on the case, which catapults her into a world of crime and forces her to connect with a community she is estranged from. Based on the short film of the same name.
Lifeline

After finding out that her girlfriend, Eliza, has been admitted into the ER, June gets into her car and drives to the hospital. Along the drive, June remembers moments along her and Eliza's time together. Upon arriving at the hospital, she must face her girlfriend's conservative mother, Margaret, who is against their same sex relationship.