What if your job was being someone else's better self — and you fell for their life?
Marty Walker, an unemployed woman desperate for an income, gets a job at the agency MIMIC. When Marty goes on her first assignment as a MIMICer, she finds herself forming an unexpected connection with the girlfriend of the man she's been assigned to impersonate.
Acting
Jack Schrader's layered double-performance as Marty and her 'Elliot' mask.
Production
Crisp near-future aesthetic on indie budget—MIMIC feels terrifyingly plausible.
Writing
Economical worldbuilding; every MIMIC rule implies disturbing precedent.
Director
Ani Stein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The casting of two actors as 'Marty'—physical and voice—visually literalizes how gig economy labor fragments the worker into sellable parts.
Released during peak 'hustle culture' critique; MIMIC functions as Uber-for-identity, where emotional labor gets rated five stars or you're deactivated.
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