Private Project

After the Coffee Goes Cold

An isolated woman struggles to escape the obsessive cycle of making her late grandmother a cup of coffee.

  • Juniper Dew
    Director
  • Juniper Dew
    Writer
  • Juniper Dew
    Producer
  • Jarrah Murphy
    Producer
  • Shardae Santos
    Key Cast
  • Marie Clarke
    Key Cast
  • Juniper Dew
    DOP
  • Angus Rawson
    Camera Operator
  • Aidyn Davis
    Sound Recordist
  • Laura Kennedy
    Gaffer
  • Angus Rawson
    Post-Sound
  • Aidyn Davis
    Post-Sound
  • Roxana Brown
    Production Design
  • Juniper Dew
    Editor
  • Simon Rich
    Lighting Assist
  • Pierah Summers
    BTS
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    psychological, drama, reflective, mental health, short, experimental
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 9, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Juniper Dew

A multi-disciplinary filmmaker with a penchant for caramel slice, Allen's teeth lollies, long blacks with crema, twiddling with tech, and reminiscing about the days of the early internet. Constantly looking for ways to weave unheard, underrepresented stories into a fusion of cinema, visual and written art.

She's worked on and helped bring both personal and professional projects to life, including The Wind (2023 - Editor), After The Coffee Goes Cold (2024 - Writer/Director/DOP), and Give Out (2023 - Cinematographer), the latter of which was selected for St Kilda Film Festival, Adelaide Independent Film Festival, South Australian Screen Awards, UNDEREXPOSED and Glenelg Film Festival.

She has also assisted in both editorial and camera departments on funded projects such as Rules to Being A Fuckgurl (2023), Blame the Rabbit (2023), the Helpmann-funded The Eaters (2023) and Broken Bones and Ice Cream Cones (2024).

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Director Statement

We all have routines: our individualised ways of navigating the world on auto-pilot; havens we can fall back on and escape to when everything around us gets too much, too loud, or too dark.

But what function do rituals serve once those who they were once built around are no longer with us? What separates habit from obsession? I hope this film can serve as a mediation on these concepts that have been an ever-present guiding and also destructive force within my own life.