STARJUICE

Overview

Robert, a budding actor with a lot to prove, is known around campus as the guy from the StarJuice commercials, but he'd rather earn some artistic cred with his original play, "Mystery Man." When a mysterious classmate with a dinosaur birthmark laughs at his in-class monologue, Robert and his friend Naldo are swept into an antic quest to achieve her approval. With a galaxy-hopping POV and kaleidoscopic aesthetic, Austin Coombs-Perez's feature debut channels the youthful urgency and try-anything energy of true indie originals..." - 50th Atlanta Film Festival, First Wave Announcement, March 9 2026.

Directed by Austin Coombs-Perez

Top cast

Jens Austin Astrup

Robert

Lucy Idella

Lila

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Don Juan Santaolalla

Naldo

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George Montgomery Butler

Frank

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Indigo Brown

Irene

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Viv Predock

Tammy

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Sophie Hood

Evon Dean

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Larry Green

Spaulding

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Luca Gaudio

Rosenthal

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Matt Gallagher

Professor

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Lawrence Weiner

Dr. Mann

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Beth Eisen

Nurse

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