After (A Love Story)
After surviving a violent event, a couple tries to overcome the space trauma created between them.
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Clare CooneyDirectorRunner, Pick Up, Relative
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Alyssa ThordarsonWriter
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Alyssa ThordarsonProducer
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Clare CooneyProducer
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Jill OliverProducer(Co-Producer)
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Mike McNamaraProducer(Associate Producer)
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Jerry SunProducer(Associate Producer)
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Juan Francisco VillaProducer(Executive Producer)
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Raymond EspositoProducer(Executive Producer)
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Divisionist FilmsProducer(Executive Producer)
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We Make MoviesProducer(Associate Producer)
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Glenn StantonProducer(Associate Producer)
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Glenn StantonKey Cast"Charlie Maxwell"The Walking Dead, The Son, Chicago Fire, 911
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Alyssa ThordarsonKey Cast"Edie Maxwell"Chicago Med, Empire, The Chi
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Susaan JamshidiKey Cast"Dr. Amelia Landry"Chicago PD
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Jason ChiuDirector of PhotographyJoe Pera Talks with You, Mercury in Retrograde, Runner, Some of Our Stallions
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Matt GallProduction ManagerThe Willowbrook
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Shawna GishFirst A.C.
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Carlos Cabrera MayolKey Grip
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Jonathan LopezGaffer
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Gaby LabotkaIntimacy Coordinator
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, romance
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Runtime:14 minutes
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Completion Date:August 8, 2021
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Production Budget:8,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Alexa Mini
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Cleveland International Film FestivalCleveland, OH
United States
April 5, 2022
World Premiere -
Chicago Critics Film FestivalChicago, IL
United States
May 14, 2022
Chicago Premiere
Clare Cooney is an LA-based filmmaker and SAG actor hailing from Detroit, trained in Chicago. She most recently wrote, directed, and starred in the short film PICK UP, which premiered at the Academy-Qualifying Indy Shorts Film Festival and has accumulated over half a million views on the prestigious curated shorts channel Omeleto. Her last short film RUNNER (which she also wrote, directed, starred in) played at 15 film festivals, winning 6 awards, and now has over 850K views on Omeleto.
She made NewCity magazine’s Film 50 list in both 2019 & 2020 and is a “Filmmaker to Watch” nominee from the Academy-Qualifying Atlanta Film Festival. In addition to RUNNER and PICK UP, she has directed & edited 3 other short films.
Recent acting credits include Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS, NBC's CHICAGO MED, CW’s 4400, NBC’s CHICAGO PD, Pop TV’s HOT DATE, and the independent features RELATIVE, SOUL SESSIONS, & RENDEZVOUS IN CHICAGO. Cooney is a School at Steppenwolf graduate & is repped by DDO Artists Agency and Industry Entertainment.
"Quite often in movies we see the most climactic moment of a character’s life, but we don’t always get to see what happens after. After the year we’ve all had, we didn't want to force the audience to live in moments of violence and trauma. Instead we wanted to explore what happens in the aftermath: how shared trauma can change people, how we all react to pain in different ways, and how we pick up the pieces." - Clare & Alyssa