The World Takes // Short Film // Digital + DCP // English
WORLD PREMIERE Smodcastle Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION Philadelphia Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2024
Synopsis
The World Takes is a narrative short fiction film that features two young brothers and their father grappling with their own fragility as they navigate an impending eviction from their home in Trenton, New Jersey. The power is out, the heat is off, and the family car is on the back of a tow truck. At just 13 years old, Joop, the film’s protagonist, must transition from older brother to primary care-taker in order to maintain a family lie which will allow his younger brother to remain a child for just a little while longer. The World Takes wants us to consider every inch of the phrase “cost of living.”
Cast
Christopher Heim
Matthew Heim
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen
Jamai Brown
Miles Godbold
Xavier Knowles
Mekhi Edwards
Breon Rowell
Aaron Mason
Jule Maurer
Credits
Director/Writer Tommy Butler
Director of Photography Rick Cook
Production Designer Alyssa Stump
Producer Eight Flow Studio
Associate Producer Stephanie Hampton
Associate Producer Phoebe Schaub
Assistant Director Eva Steinmetz
Post-Production Audio + Mix Engineer Keith Giosa
Sound Mixing Spenser Spratlin
Script Supervisor Chelsea Smith-Hall
Gaffer Trey Ehmer
First AC Gaby Megni
Composer Jordan McCree
Props Designer (Bridge) Emily R. Johnson
Fundraising Strategist Amy Frear
Art Production Assistant Rachel Cooper
Craft Services Biko Koenig
BTS Photographer Jalen Ramseur-Williams
Partners
Sprouts U School of the Arts: https://www.sproutuschoolofthearts.org/
J’s Towing: https://jstowing247.com/
Stuart Kickner + Donna Galvin @ Pencoyd Landing: www.ironworks-pa.com/
Sri Ballasubramanian + Adiya Homes LLC
BTS Photography: Jalen Ramseur-Williams
